Company Overview

March 2014

Pilot plant in Ait-Baha, Morocco

Operated by Ciments du Maroc (Italcementi Group) Under construction

Company overview
Airlight Energy is a Swiss private company that supplies proprietary

solar technologies
for large-scale production of electricity and thermal energy, and for energy storage

First CSP Pilot plant in Ait-Baha (Morocco)

A new paradigm in concentrating solar technologies

Our 5 major innovations
Air-based receiver
Operate up to 650C Non-polluting fluid

Competitors
Oil / molten salts receiver X Potentially polluting and expensive thermal fluids

Fiber-reinforced concrete structure

Durable, cheap, locally available material

Aluminium structure X Expensive construction material

Glass mirrors X Expensive construction material No cover X Wasting of water

Film mirrors
Simple manufacturing, Low cost per aperture area

ETFE pneumatic enclosure

No dust and low humidity inside the enclosure Total water recovery

Packed-bed thermal energy storage

Cheap, locally available material Low thermal losses

Oil/molten salts storage X Potentially polluting materials

We are substituting steel with concrete

Durable: 60 years lifetime Cheap construction material Locally available Increased stiffness, better focusing, greater concentration

Extensive use of local workforce and resources due to in situ manufacturing

Anti-seismic mechanism able to withstand extreme seismic events
Pre-cast fiber-reinforced concrete structure: optimized beam with accurate shape design

Few big pieces allow a simple modular construction

Better cleaning and protection thanks to pneumatic enclosure

The mirrors and receiver are protected inside a pneumatic enclosure with a controlled atmosphere, the external film is made of highly transparent ETFE

ETFE is a widely available industrial product, no production bottlenecks Greater resistance than glass against scratching No dust and low humidity inside the enclosure Easy to wash and total recovery of washing water
R&D test facility, Biasca, Switzerland

Film assembled by ALE in Biasca and shipped in reels

Did you know that ETFE (Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) is a flourine based plastic. After their useful life as pneumatic enclosure for CSP plants the ETFE foils can be recycled in the agricultural industry as greenhouse coverings
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Pneumatic polyester foil mirror instead of glass or aluminum

Mirror foils are kept in shape by differential pressures, linear parabolic configuration

Large aperture (9.7 m with 2 mirrors) High optical efficiency High concentration (60 suns average) Simple manufacturing Low cost per aperture area

No production bottlenecks
Did you know that the mirror foils are made from stretched polyethylene terephthalate (PET) a material commonly used in the
R2=9,52m R1=12,20m P2 R4=6.78m R3=7.80m

packaging industry

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With air as thermal vector we can reach up to 600C operating temperature

Air as heat transfer fluid is used in a specifically developed receiver, with high performance low emissivity shields insulation, inlet and outlet on the same side which minimize piping, secondary trumpet mirror for spillage minimization and optical reconcentration

High operating temperatures, up to 600 C Use of conventional materials and no need for high-tech coatings or vacuum insulation Easy to manufacture Inexpensive and non-polluting thermal fluid, easy to integrate in existing processes
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Cost effective solution for thermal energy storage using concrete and gravels
Air as a heat transfer fluid makes it possible to create a simple storage that uses a closed concrete container filled with stone gravel

Continuous production, compensating intermittency of sun availability Low thermal losses in the range of 1% every 24h Highly competitive production costs Robust, fail-safe technology Locally available construction materials

Non-polluting, non-corrosive requirements

Simple manufacturing No maintenance required Did you know that

this is a simple, proven and effective technology

first patented in 1929

Detail of Ait-Baha pilot plant, Morocco

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CSP Booster plant layout and integration with existing process

Schematic example for CSP plant, Ait-Baha, Morocco

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AIRLIGHT ENERGY Holding - Biasca - Switzerland www.airlightenergy.com

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