RENEW

tasks

renewable energy

the sun does not send you a bill! and she is a star when it comes to sustainable energy.

especially in the countries of the south, technologies that utilize sustainable renewable energy are at need and can be very appropriate and economic.

Large solar thermal applications

The development and financing of large scale plants of solar thermal energy is my new task at S.O.L.I.D.. Collector fields of 100 to 15,000 m² (about 10 MW thermal capacity) harvest the sun's energy to heat water to drive industrial processes, adsorption chillers for air conditioning or simply provide warmth as domestic hot water and for space heating.

Renewable Energy

At the Global Environment Facility (GEF) I was an expert for renewable energies, including all kinds of solar technologies. The map indicates countries for which I reviewed and fine tuned projects from 1 to 50 million USD.

Solar thermal heating

At arsenal research (meanwhile Austrian Institute of Technology, AIT) in the business unit of renewable energy technologies I worked on development and testing of solar thermal collectors and applications.

Solar Desalination

In Kenya I worked on a cost comparison on solar thermal desalination for the Lower Tana River area in Kenya. This means that I did research on local available materials, collectors and other equipment and compared it to alternative water treatment systems.

Lower Tana River area has sufficient groundwater but it is saline in some areas and therefore not suitable for drinking.

Basis for this work is my thesis about Solar thermal Desalination of saline water for production of fresh water in developing countries.

Tutors have been Werner Weiss (AEE-INTEC, Gleisdorf) and Helmut Jung (IWGA-SIG, BOKU, Vienna).

Go to see the abstract | content| summary | links of my thesis.

The content of my thesis is available as .pdf-file only after entering a password. Just because I am curious in who is interested in my work. Send me an email and I will send you the password a.s.a.p.. Afterwards, you will have free access to the file.

Solar Drying

With Werner Weiss I also wrote a script for Solar Drying of food and wood. It was used as training material in Zimbabwe.

Solar Water Disinfection

KWAHO is applying Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) as appropriate, cheap and effective water treatment method at household basis in Kibera (slum of Nairobi). The only thing you need is a PET bottle up to 2 litres and some time and sun. More information on the project can be found on the homepage of KWAHO, more on the technology on www.sodis.ch.