BIOSTIRLING-4SKA : A cost effective and efficient approach for a new generation of solar dish-Stirling plants based on storage and hybridization; An Energy demo project for Large Scale Infrastructures",

TL;DR

The BIOSTIRLING-4SKA project demonstrates a cost-effective, hybrid solar dish-Stirling system with storage, successfully providing 4kW power for large-scale infrastructure applications, showcasing its potential for sustainable energy solutions.

Contribution

It introduces a new hybrid solar dish-Stirling technology with integrated storage, tested at an industrial scale for reliable, scalable power generation in isolated areas.

Findings

Successful 4kW hybrid Stirling system test in Portugal

Demonstrated reliability and efficiency of the hybrid system

Potential application for large-scale sustainable infrastructures

Abstract

The BIOSTIRLING - 4SKA (B4S) is a EU demonstration project dealing with the implementation of a cost-effective and efficient new generation of solar dish-Stirling plants based on hybridization and efficient storage at the industrial scale. The main goal of the B4S demonstration project is the generation of electric power using simultaneously solar power and gas to supply an isolated system and act as a scalable example of potential power supply for many infrastructures, including future sustainable large scientific infrastructures. B4S build an interdisciplinary approach to address reliability, maintainability and costs of this technology. In April 2017, B4S successfully tested in Portugal the first world Stirling hybrid system providing about 4kW of power to a phased array of antennas, overcoming challenges in Stirling and hybridization and smartgrid technologies. B4SKA Consortium, with fourteen companies from six European countries, has performed the engineering, construction, assembly and experimental exploitation, under contract signed with the European to develop on off-grid demonstrator in Contenda (Moura) Portugal.