Solar Heating Costs Drop From 20-year Payback to 6 Years with SolarBeam From SolarTron Energy

Jan. 29, 2010 - PRLog -- SOLARTRON Energy Systems Inc., Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, a developer of breakthrough solar heating and photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation technology, has designed and developed the SolarBeam Concentrator, an efficient and affordable solar hot water system for commercial and residential applications. The SolarBeam Concentrator can provide more heat (about 34,000 BTU per hour) than conventional hot water and process heat systems at an affordable price. The payback period is only six years, compared with 20+ years for conventional flat panel or 15 years for evacuated tube technology.

The SolarBeam Concentrator system is simply the most efficient solar hot water system available. Since it concentrates energy on a focal point using a parabolic mirror, the SolarBeam is 262% more efficient that hot water panels and 98% more efficient than evacuated tube technology. In addition, the SolarBeam concentrator is equipped with a computer-controlled dual-axis tracking system that maximizes solar concentration equivalent to 350 suns, which means more efficiency throughout the day.

“SOLARTRON Energy Systems Inc. is leading a movement to make solar heating technologies more energy-and cost-efficient by developing concentrated solar power (CSP) technology that utilizes a reflective parabolic mirror to collect solar energy onto a focal point to produce a high amount of heat. Our engineers designed the SolarBeam as a durable, rugged, and most importantly, affordable commercial unit,” says Edward Herniak, founder and CEO.
The SolarBeam uses patent-pending technology to provide 10kW of heat per hour throughout the entire day. “One SolarBeam can provide enough solar thermal energy on a cold winter day to heat a 2,400 sq. ft. house in 3 hours,” says Herniak.

With only one unit you can make a major impact to reduce green house gas emissions and lessen your dependency on fossil fuels, whether in the form of electricity, natural gas, or oil. Multiple stand-alone systems can generate thousands of kW or BTU required for even the most demanding applications.

The SolarBeam is ideal for all business, commercial and industrial applications. It allows a business to harness the full potential of solar thermal energy to heat buildings and water. It not only helps lower costs, but also reduces the amount of harmful emissions produced. For example, its solar hot water system is perfect for any application that requires a high amount of hot water such as bottling plants, hospitals and greenhouses. SOLARTRON Energy Systems Inc. are installing SolarBeam’s at Sobeys Canada’s Big 8 facility in Stellarton, NS, Canada.
SolarBeam’s patent-pending celestial tracking system allows the concentrator to follow the sun at all times and seasons with 100% accuracy. See how the SolarBeam tracks the sun, via this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/solartronenergy. The power mechanism for the solar concentrator is driven by a motor for horizontal tracking and by a heavy-duty actuator for vertical tracking.

In applications where the solar hot water system will be installed on a flat roof, a different mounting application is used. The mounting of SolarBeam on the roof is a perfect option for apartment buildings, hotels, offices, grocery stores and retail stores. The SolarBeam kit includes the SolarBeam Dish (3 meters wide), 10 foot post, celestial tracking system, power train and heat exchanger. Please contact SolarTron Energy Systems directly for information on how to purchase the kit for your home or company.

The solar hot water system is designed to take advantage of the parabolic curve performance of a reflector which is the most efficient means of collecting solar energy. By utilizing the parabolic curve, the SolarBeam hot water system focuses the sun’s intensity onto the focal point, where the absorber is located. The solar absorber is made of solid aluminum block to maximize the thermal transfer to the poly-glycol fluid. Incredibly, the absorber is very small (10” x 10”) but has the ability to provide 10kW per hour (34,000 BTU).

In summer 2010, SOLARTRON plans to deliver the first ever solar concentrator to produce 4 kW/hour of electricity from a single system, using the latest concentrated photovoltaic technology.

To become a distributor of SolarBeam Concentrator, please contact us at: +1-902-661-2007 or visit http://www.solartronenergy.com or http://youtube.com/solartronenergy

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SolarTron Energy Systems is based in Nova Scotia, Canada, http:www.solartronenergy.com The company is a manufacture of the SolarBeam Concentrator which provides a payback of 6 years, compared to 20 years for solar flat panels.
The SolarBeam tracks the sun throughout the day, thus it is 262% more efficient than flat panels. To see how the SolarBeam tracks the sun, checkout this link:
http://www.youtube.com/solartronenergy

Currently SolarTron Energy is looking for distributors in Canada, USA, Carribean, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Italy and Greece. Please contact 1-902-661-2007 (ext 105) to become a distributor for SolarBeam