The senior engineering team from Larkfleet Solar Steam recently visited India to talk to government officials and academics about the enormous potential of Larkfleet's solar thermal energy generating technology.
Adil Kuzhi Kandathil and John Squire met representatives of the Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI), an Indian government organisation. Talks were held to discuss collaboration on the future marketing and distribution of the containerised Solar Steam product in India.
Solar Steam provides an affordable solution to delivering affordable solar thermal energy to power a wide range of industrial processes in the food processing, textiles and chemical manufacturing sectors.
A mobile version which can be deployed from a standard shipping container for use in remote regions is being built by Larkfleet's manufacturing partner Taylormade Solar Solutions PVT in Gujarat, India (http://www.tss-india.com/).
Solar Steam technology is an innovative system to concentrate solar radiation using plastic Fresnel lenses instead of glass reflectors which focus the sun's rays onto a metal tube filled with water. Fresnel lenses are more flexible in optical design and less expensive in manufacturing when compared to the conventional mirrors.
In addition to meeting regional government, Adil and John gave a presentation about the Solar Steam system to Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, India. The presentation focused on how Solar Steam provides an affordable solution for delivering solar thermal energy to power a wide range of industrial processes in the food processing, textiles and chemical manufacturing sectors.