Solar Thermal

ACME is one of the few companies that offers solar thermal power solutions. With Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants set to become competitive vis-à-vis conventional power plants in the coming future, we foresee a dominant role for CSP technology in solar power.

Technology

We develop utility-scale solar thermal projects. This covers pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, engineering design, manufacturing and procurement, fabrication, construction, installation, and commissioning; and operations and maintenance.

Partnering with the best

We have partnered with eSolar, USA, who have developed state-of-the-art modular tower technology. The technology is scalable and uses tower mounted boilers (known as receivers) and flat mirrors (known as heliostats) for concentrating solar energy and producing steam for generating electricity.

ACME is an equity investor in e-Solar and is the only Indian company that has an exclusive master license for developing utility-scale solar thermal projects in India and neighbouring countries.

ACME's first 2.5 MW solar thermal power plant has been commissioned which will be scaled upto 10MW at Bikaner, Rajasthan.

Features

• The solar field design is in multiples of 4 MW and scalable to 50-100 MW. Modules are planned based on the size of the project
• Double-axis software-driven mirror tracking system
• Lightweight, small size of around 1 m² flat mirrors

Advantages

• More suitable for high ambient temperature and designed for direct steam generation
• More efficient electricity generation from steam due to higher temperature of steam without the use of any intermediate heat transfer medium
• Less 'parasitic' energy use for plant operation due to reduced movement of thermal mass
• Higher capacity utilisation-more MW hours produced per MW of installed power equipment
• Lower cost per MW power produced. We can work in the hybrid mode with gas, coal or biomass for the optimum utilisation of plant

Solar Block

This mainly consists of the solar field of the sun tracking heliostats for reflecting and concentrating the solar rays and a receiver mounted on a thermal tower along with piping for steam generation.

Power Block

This mainly consists of a steam turbo generator and its auxiliaries, piping and the electrical transmission system.