Global Demand for Solar Technology from Austria

EnergyRenewables ♦ Published: May 8, 2012; 11:15 ♦ (Vindobona)

Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is currently home to the world's largest solar thermal plant. The technology behind this plant came from Austria.

Global Demand for Solar Technology from Austria / Picture: © Vindobona.org

In 2010 GREENoneTEC , the world's largest producer of solar thermal collectors, was commissioned to supply the collectors for what is currently the world’s largest solar thermal plant project. The plant recently went live following a 6-month test period at the newly built campus of the Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh. The plant has 36,305 square metres of…