Condat paper mill (Lecta Group)

Heat consumer introduction

• 1st coated paper production site in France (450,000 tonnes/year)
• Operating 24/7 all year round
• Providing 550 direct jobs

Principle of solar thermal integration

• Preheating of the steam boiler make-up water
• Fossil fuel saved: Gas

Key innovation

• Use of solar tracking system to optimize the production and avoid overheating during customer consumption outages
• Solar field installed on an old paper sludge storage area

Video of the project (in French)

They talk about it

France 3 Dordogne
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