The insight into how the tea industry causes drought, deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions would
make many put their soothing sip of tea down their throats. Absolicon has in collaboration
with WWF commissioned the world's first installation with concentrating solar collectors
and heating layer to dry tea. The project continues in the form of Industrial Cleantech
Platform that is now run by the UN agency UNIDO.
The solar collector field of 180 kW is
built to demonstrate how
you can dry tea with solar heat.
The installation has an energy storage
of just over 1 MWh that can store
excess heat from day to night.
The project has been financed by Nordic
Climate Facility (NCF) and operated
together with WWF (World Wide
Fund for nature) in Kenya and Tealand
Engineering & Construction Ltd.
About Us - KTDAAbout Us A Global Leader in Quality Teas​ KTDA is a private company owned by about 600,000 smallholder tea farmers spread across 16 tea growing counties in Kenya. The farmers are shareholders to 54 tea companies that own KTDA (H) and its 9 subsidiary companies. Some of the 54 tea factory companies have expanded by […]
Koncentrerande solfångare för solvärme i fjärrvärmenät och solkylaAbsolicons solfångare koncentrerar solljuset och producerar solvärme upp till 160 grader. Paraboliska solfångare med världens högsta optiska verkningsgrad.
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If tea industries are supported with adequate financing then this can be a game changer .