Alfa Laval AB Wins New Solar Power Order in South Africa

Alfa Laval AB announced that it has received an order from Abengoa to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to a concentrated solar power plant in South Africa. Delivery is scheduled to be finalized in 2014. The Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers, specifically developed for this application, will be the heart of the thermal storage system where heat from solar power is stored in molten salt, thereby enabling electricity production even on rainy days or at night. The solution will allow the plant to operate for additional hours on stored energy, in this case an additional three hours (from 12 to 15 hours) which is a 25% efficiency increase compared to normal daytime solar power production. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.