What is SHIP?
Source: Solar Heat Europe
SHIP is the acronym for Solar Heat for Industrial Processes and describes systems which provide solar heat in a factory.
A collector field heats a process fluid by means of solar radiation and a heat exchanger transfers this heat to a supply system or production process in the factory as hot water, air flow or steam. Storage units make it possible to use the generated heat at night-time.
Global Final Energy Consumption for Heat in the Industrial Sector
- Heat accounts for 63% of total final energy consumption in industry, equivalent to 112 exajoules (EJ).
- 52% of industrial heat demand is for process temperatures up to 400 °C.
