BTE Solar: A Magnificent Transformation from Solar Water Heating to Flat-Plate Clean Thermal Energy

BTE Solar: A Magnificent Transformation from Solar Hot Water to Flat-Plate Clean Heat

In the resounding call of the "dual carbon" strategy, BTE Solar Group has initiated a strategic transformation from "solar hot water" to "flat-plate clean heat," successfully achieving a historic leap from "selling products" to "selling systems" and from "hot water supplier" to "heat energy solution service provider."

What is flat-plate clean heat?

So-called flat-plate clean heat refers to a comprehensive energy technology system that meets the energy needs of various scenarios such as building energy consumption, industrial heat, planting and breeding, drying, and new infrastructure for high-quality heat, heating, cooling, and electricity through the coupled development and application of flat-plate solar energy with various clean energy sources such as geothermal energy and air energy. It breaks the limitations of single energy utilization and realizes efficient energy supply with multi-energy complementarity.

Why transform from solar hot water to "flat-plate clean heat"?

As a clean energy source that is renewable, non-polluting, and has low operating costs, solar energy can effectively reduce the dependence on traditional fossil fuels and reduce pollutant emissions, and has significant environmental and economic value. But solar energy also has a "fatal flaw" - insufficient stability. In the absence of light or weak light, such as at night and on cloudy days, a flat-plate cannot provide a stable heat source, which greatly limits its application range.

To break through this bottleneck and seek more reliable comprehensive energy solutions, the flat-plate clean heat comprehensive solution came into being. "This transformation is the deepest and most influential one in the company's history," BTE Solar Chairman Han Rongtao has repeatedly emphasized on many public occasions. In the past, the application scenarios of solar water heaters were mostly limited to household bathing, kitchen hot water and other domestic fields, product application scenarios were severely restricted. Now, through the "solar + multi-energy" system coupling technology, BTE Solar has successfully expanded the solar application to urban central heating, agricultural drying, planting and breeding heating, industrial high-temperature heat and other scenarios, realizing the widespread supply of clean heat.

Flat-plate clean heat has achieved initial results!

After unremitting efforts and repeated polishing by the BTE Solar Group's R&D team, the flat-plate clean heat technology has successfully moved from the laboratory research and development stage to the market application stage, and a number of benchmark projects have been implemented and achieved results:

● EFPC high-efficiency integrated large flat-plate solar collector central heating project: adapted to high-altitude, low-temperature environments, providing stable heating for the local area;

● PV/T + heat pump coupled heating project: integrating photothermal and heat pump technology to improve the economy, stability and heating efficiency of heating;

● DVC air solar collector + heat pump coupled drying project: accurately meeting the drying needs of agriculture and industry, reducing drying energy consumption and costs.

Hardcore technology: innovation-driven development

BTE Solar Group has always regarded "innovation" as its core competitiveness and has built a strong scientific research and innovation system: the group has 7 R&D departments, 1 carbon neutrality research institute, 1 academician workstation, 1 key laboratory, and 1 technology center. R&D personnel account for 16% of the total, of which 50% have more than 20 years of industry experience and have profound technical accumulation and practical capabilities.

At the same time, BTE Solar actively carries out "industry-university-research" cooperation, and has joined forces with 19 universities and scientific research institutes such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, and the Shandong Academy of Sciences to jointly tackle technical problems. It has accumulated 117 patented technologies and solutions, providing solid support for the continuous iteration and application promotion of flat-plate clean heat technology.

BTE Solar makes every ray of sunshine warmer

As Chairman Han Rongtao said: "What we are selling is not a solar collector, but an entrance to a zero-carbon world." When the sun shines on the earth, BTE Solar is using innovation and perseverance to make every ray of light warmer.

From the rooftop solar water heaters to the flat-plate clean heat systems that are found in all walks of life, BTE Solar will continue to cultivate the field of flat-plate clean heat, promote the rapid transformation of technological innovation into scene applications, and contribute to the realization of the "dual carbon" goal.