Arcon-Sunmark develops the largest solar heating solution to date

Arcon-Sunmark, the Danish large-scale solar heating specialist, has begun the development of an 80.000 MWh solution with a 156.694 m² solar collector field. The installation will be erected on behalf of the Danish city of Silkeborg and its district heating plant. Arcon-Sunmark is the turnkey supplier for what will be the largest solar heating solution in the world.

The construction of the 156.694 m² collector field is still in the early stages, but in six months’ time the largest solar heating solution in the world will be completed on the outskirts of the city of Silkeborg, Denmark. The solution will produce 80.000 MWh per year and supply the district heating plant with 20% of the yearly demand. The supply is the equivalent of the yearly heating needs of 4.400 households.

Arcon-Sunmark is the turn-key supplier of the record breaking solar heating solution and the project underlines the company’s position as a market leader within large-scale solutions. ”We are honored to have been selected as the supplier for this huge and important project by the city of Silkeborg. Large-scale solar heating is both environmentally sound and cost-effective, and alongside the other visionary initiatives underway in Silkeborg the solar heating solution will benefit the citizens for many years to come,” says Søren Elisiussen, CEO, Arcon-Sunmark.

Facts about the solar heating solution:

• Number of collectors: 12.436
• Collector area in m²: 156.694 m² (the largest solar collector field in the world)
• Location: Silkeborg, Denmark
• Annual production: 80.000 MWh
• Peak effect: 110 MW
• Annual demand covered: 20% (The remaining 80% is covered by gas and surplus electricity)
• In operation: End of 2016
• Life span: 25 years minimum

Source: Arcon-Sunmark