Condat Paper Mill, Lecta group
Heat customer 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
Project funded by
Project key figures
January 2019
commissioning date
4,211 m²
solar thermal collector area on trackers
3,900 MWH
expected annual production
1,078 tonnes
of CO2 emission avoided per year
