1. Leading the World in Solar Thermal Power

2. Solel Snapshot
Over 230 employees – world’s largest solar thermal company
20 years of solar thermal experience
Solel team designs, manufactures and installs solar fields for utility scale power, on-site power plants and industrial solar heating & AC
Delivers power when it’s needed most: during peak demand hours

3. Leadership in Solar Thermal Energy
Over $100 million in solar thermal orders in 2006
The only commercially proven electricity-producing solar thermal technology
Developing three 50MW solar power plants in Spain with Sacyr
Powers nine operating solar power plants in California as well as plants under construction in Nevada and Spain
Solel 6 solar power plants feature 40% increase in yearly electrical output

4. % of power generated vs. capacity
What is Solar Thermal Power?
Free and secure resource, widely available and highly predictable
Uses reflectors to concentrate sun’s energy and create heat
Uniquely suited for answering peak demands
% of power generated vs. capacity
Load
Wind *
Solar **

5. World Recognizing the Full Costs of Fossil Fuels
Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change,
HM Treasury, Oct. 2006
Climate change is the greatest market failure the world has ever seen. Three elements of policy are required for an effective global response:
Carbon pricing, through tax, trading or regulation.
Innovation and the deployment of low-carbon technologies.
Remove barriers to energy efficiency: inform, educate and persuade individuals to respond to climate change.
Solar thermal is a no-carbon technology
and comes out least expensive on a level playing field.

6. Solar Thermal: Best Clean Energy Potential
Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and leading venture capitalist:
…. the world should focus on low-cost technologies that can be rapidly deployed on a large scale and that can quickly reduce costs with new technology developments….. Solar thermal technology is the most promising: every piece of solar thermal technology is decreasing in cost over time…. Wind and photovoltaic technologies are less likely to solve the world’s climate-change problems.

7. Solel’s Range of Solutions
Utility Scale Central Power:
Turnkey Solar Power Stations
Solar On-Site Power Plants (Distributed Power)
Solar Industrial Heating and Cooling

8. KJC Solar Plant in Mojave Desert with parabolic trough
Utility Scale Power
Setting the global standard for utility solar power and high temperature collectors
KJC Solar Plant in Mojave Desert with parabolic trough

9. The SEGS Solar Fields Mojave Desert
Operating successfully close to twenty years
Producing 350 MW of clean, renewable electricity
Supplying the needs of half a million consumers
Eliminating the need for two million barrels of oil a year

12. Solel Central Solar Power
Schematic Drawing

13. Solel’s UVAC Vacuum Collector
Unique Selective and Anti Reflective Coatings
30% More Yearly Thermal Output
Highest Solar Radiation Absorption
Operates at Temperatures Up To 400°c (750°f)
Patented Radiation Shield System
Patented Vacuum Maintenance Unit

14. UVAC vs. HCE: more than 30% gain
Thermal output by time (Sept 14, 2003) at Harper Lake site. Output temperature = 393 deg. C. More than 30% gain annually

15. SDU – Solar Drive Unit Mechanical torque transfer Hydraulic drive
Solar brain – hardware & software control

16. SOLEL SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH SACYR OF SPAIN TO BUILD THREE 50 MW POWER PLANTS

17. On-Site Power Plants
Super efficient collectors make use of all the energy for co-generation of electricity with chilled water.
Plant operating at Solel Headquarters, compact parabolic trough located on top of car park, power block in middle front.

19. On-Site Power Schematics (with co-generation of chilled water)

20. On-Site Power Highlights
Compact Parabolic Trough
Temp. up to 300ºC (572º F)
Fully Automated
Low O&M
Peak Demand Shaver
On or Off Grid

21. Solar Co-Generation: Off-the-shelf
1,960 kWe Peak Demand Displaced
1,160 kWe Gross Power
905 kWe Net
880 Ton Refrigeration

22. Industrial cooling and heating system installed in Trento, Italy
Collectors supply hot water at 100º C, enabling operation of absorption cooling machines
Industrial cooling and heating system installed in Trento, Italy

23. Solar Industrial Water Heating: Applications
Industries
Large residential
Hotels & resorts
Swimming pools
Hospitals
FACT: About 50% of utility-produced electricity is used for heating and cooling

24. Large Scale Water Heating - Spain

25. Air Conditioning (Toyama Japan)

26. Pool Heating

27. Solar Air Conditioning
Main components of solar cooling system are:
Solar collectors generating high temp water
Single / Double stage absorption chiller
Integration into a commercial system

28. Solar Industrial Water Heating
Energy costs involved in heating water with fuel/electricity can be dramatically reduced using solar energy
Reduces exposure to fuel price increases
High solar radiation areas particularly suited for solar energy applications
Payback period is relatively short making the cost/benefit more attractive

29. Solel: Delivering clean power when it’s needed most
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