Recording of Thursday, May 08, 2025 | The smarter E Europe Exhibition Program 2025 | Exhibition Program | Language: English | Duration: 2:41 .

Savosolar Showcases 20-Megawatt Solar Thermal System, Emphasizes Shift from Square Meters to Megawatts

Torsten Lütjen represents Savosolar, a Finnish company active in Germany that specializes in producing solar collectors. He highlights the company's achievement with their largest system to date—a 20-megawatt installation—emphasizing the shift from measuring projects by square meters to focusing on megawatts and gigawatt hours. This reflects an understanding among customers of the importance of large-scale solar applications. The success is attributed to initiatives like Solare Wärme, which united competitors to advance new technology concepts and promote solar thermal energy as a viable solution for harnessing renewable heat energy efficiently over photovoltaic (PV) systems when land area allows it. With advancements made in technology, expertise availability, cost reductions, and proven references now established, Savosolar is poised for further growth and implementation of its solutions within this sector.

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Speaker

Thorsten Lütten

Talk of session: Rethinking Heat - Solar Utility Scale Plants for Process Heat and District Heating

With the share of renewable energies in the heating sector remaining low, the heating transition is one of the major challenges on the way towards climate neutrality. Particularly in industry, where high temperatures are needed and cost pressure is high, reconciling profitability and decarbonization is an issue. Large solar thermal installations are on the rise in heating networks.This session will be discussing the potential of solar thermal technology, successful projects and current market developments. Presenters will provide exciting insights into applications, financing models and a glimpse into the future.

Further Talks of this session:

Welcome & Introduction

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Status Quo and Future Perspectives of Solar Process Heat

Speaker

Bärbel Epp
Managing Director
Solrico

To Talk

Breaking New Ground: Insights from a Landmark Study on Solar Process Heat Economics

Speaker

Dr. Gregor Bern
Head of Group Concentrating Systems and Technologies
Fraunhofer ISE

To Talk

Panel Discussion: How Can Solar Process Heat Overcome Economic and Technological Barriers to Scale?

To Talk

Pioneering Large-Scale Solar District Heating: Lessons from Leading Projects

Speaker

Magdalena Berberich
Executive Director
Solites - Steinbeis Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems

To Talk

Ritter XL Solar - Solar Thermal Plants in operation / under construction

Speaker

Dominik Bestenlehrer

To Talk

Panel Discussion: What Role of will Solar Thermal Play in a Climate-Friendly District Heating?

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Closing Remarks

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