Leading technology

Solarlite GmbH from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania stands for innovation, technology and globality. The company develops and builds solar thermal parabolic trough power plants (Concentrated Solar Power) based on direct steam generation for the production of electricity, with the option of combined heat and power generation. Compared with traditional parabolic trough power plants, Solarlite directly generates steam and is therefore more efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly. The power plants have an electrical output of 500 kW up to over 30 MW. Solarlite is thus the only supplier of parabolic trough power plants suited to covering the energy demands of commercial and small industrial companies.

Solarlite has a market-leading position in three crucial areas.

• Solarlite is the first and only company in the world to build solar thermal parabolic trough power plants based on direct steam generation with water, substituting the thermal oil traditionally used.
• The parabolic trough collector SL 4600 developed by Solarlite is designed for operating temperatures up to 500 °C. It is made from a glass fibre composite material and a thin film glass mirror and as such it is especially light. This achieves a simplified construction and considerable cost reductions.
• Solarlite is the only provider of solar thermal power plants on the scale of 500 kWe up to over 30 MWe of power output. The decentralised modular design of the Solarlite power plants ensures flexibility.