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Brickyard (Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Region)
Key Figures
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Start of Work (target)
December 2021
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Solar thermal collector area on trackers
9,800 m²
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Hot water storage volume
3,000 m³
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Expected annual production
About 6,000 MWh
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CO2 emission avoided per year
1,500 Tons
Heat consumer introduction
- Terracotta building bricks production site
- 180,000 tonnes/year production
Principle of solar thermal integration
- Preheating of air for the drying process
- Integration of a water/air exchanger into the main air inlet
- Fossil fuel saved: gas
Key innovation
- Complementary to gas co-generation systems already in place