On the occasion of the Energy Globe World Award 2011 in Wels, for which more than 1000 projects from 40 countries had submitted their entries, the national award of Namibia was given to Dr. Steinmair & Partner Beratende Ingenieure GmbH in Ungenach. The award was presented for the project: "Solar power station generates power and cooling". The Energy Globe Award was presented by Ghana-born Prof. Eduard Ayensu, former president of the World Bank Inspection Panel, in recognition of the company's efforts and commitment to a better environment.
PROJEKT SUMMARY
A watercontrolled solar power plant as a stand alone system for CO2-free generation of electricity and heat used for cooling.
The sun produces with parabolic troughssteam fora low pressure steam
turbine system.
The components are mounted in a transportable container. The parabolic
mirrors is situated above the container.
Application: Desert or savannah areas with a high solar radiation and missing electric power supply over public net (e.g.: Namibia). The parabolic trough heats the waterup to 400°C. This is feed to the sliding pressure steam accumulator. The accumulator stores the steam and deliveres on the necessary time to the low pressure steam turbine to generate electricity. The existing mass flow with a temperature of 98-100°C can be used for cooling via an absorption chiller. The application is mainly intended for evening and night.
The sizing is scheduled to achieve on a sunny day after 10 hours the full buffer capacity and the discharge is completed before sunrise. The plant size is about
10-50 kW electrical energy.
During the "Energieforum 2011" event, industry category, this year's "Energy Globes 2011 Upper Austria" were also awarded at the Federal Economic Chamber of Upper Austria in Linz on October 18th, 2011. The Energy Globe for category "Fire" went to Dr. Steinmair & Partners Consulting Engineers in Ungenach, for the exemplary conversion of energy systems at the Machland Konserven company towards sustainable dimensions in the field of energy supply and efficiency increase.
Here is the statement of the jury:
Energy will always be consumed as we go forward. What we need are new concepts for the best possible generation of energy. An exemplary approach to this task has been demonstrated by this year's winner of the category "Fire". Energy supply for an energy-intensive production company was converted fully to a new system which now produces electricity, heat and refrigeration – at 35% less energy costs and higher output at the same time.


