solar thermal park Ostend
SUSTAINABLE solar thermal park At the Proviron production facility in Ostend, a solar thermal plant is being used to convert sunlight into heat for the reactors. The system of parabolic mirrors focuses the sunlight onto a central circuit filled with ‘thermal oil’ that can reach a temperature of up to 400 0 C. The heat generated is converted to steam via a heat exchanger and used as an energy source for the reactors in the production facilities. On 11 June 2021, the plant was officially inaugurated by Mayor Bart Tommelein and the Ostend City Council. The installation was built by Azteq, a
