Across Europe, industrial companies are already producing with heat made by the sun. On this page you will find real projects where Suncom’s technology is delivering high temperature renewable heat for daily industrial operations.
From food and beverage to other heat intensive processes, these installations show how solar thermal heat, storage and smart integration replace fossil fuels without compromising reliability, cost control or production continuity.
Each project demonstrates what is possible today when industrial heat is designed around the power of the sun.
Smileat
Food & Beverage
Organic babyfood production
🇪🇸 Spain
Operational
Smileat, a leading producer of 100% organic baby food in Spain, sought to eliminate its dependence on dieselbased steam generation. Suncom deployed its first Spanish SunFleet H300 system at Smileat’s factory in Jerez de la Frontera, delivering process heat at ~175–300°C to supply the site’s steam demand. The solar field of 40 SunArcs, combined with thermal storage and a steam boiler, integrates seamlessly into the existing network and replaces up to 80% of Smileat’s fossilfuelbased heat, reducing diesel consumption by approximately 20,000 liters per year. This project marks a flagship commercial deployment for Suncom and a major step for Smileat toward clean, reliable, and costefficient industrial heat.
400
MWh thermal
Impact
Heat requirements customer: 170°C saturated steam for Cooking/poaching
Generated heat/energy savings: 400 MWh thermal
Co2 savings: 53 tCO₂/year
Our solutions
SunFleet H300 with 40x SunArcs H300, integrated SunTES H300 thermal storage, a 500 kW SunBoiler, full BoP, and SunCore intelligence connected to the existing steam network.
Confiserie Napoleon
Food & Beverage
Candy & Sweets production
🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Zeeland
Under Development
Napoleon, a longestablished candy manufacturer in Breskens, aims to eliminate its reliance on fossilbasedsteam generation by adopting a hightemperature hybrid renewable heat system. Suncom’s SunFleet H300 combines concentrated solar heat, Power2Heat, and hightemperature thermal storage to deliver 300 °C thermal energy and saturated steam at 8 bar. The installation provides 1.3 GWh of clean heat per year, reducing Napoleon’s CO₂ emissions by over 300 ton annually while ensuring full compatibility with its continuous industrial processes.
1300
MWh thermal
Impact
Heat requirements customer: 185°C saturated steam
Generated heat/energy savings: 1,300 MWh thermal
Co2 savings: 302 tCO₂/year
Our solutions
SunFleet H300 with 20 SunArcs H300, integrated SunTES H300 thermal storage, 1 MW SunBoiler, Power-2-Heat Module, full Balance of Plant, and SunCore intelligence connected to the existing steam network.
VanDrie groep
Agricultural
🇳🇱 The Netherlands
Operational
VanDrie, an agricultural customer in NoordBrabant, previously relied on an woodpellet burner to heat water for farm processes — a system with high annual pellet consumption and associated CO₂ emissions. The farm required 85 °C hot water. Suncom replaced the pellet boiler with a SunFleet H100 system consisting of 50 SunArcs, SunTES H100 thermal storage, a heat exchanger and SunCore intelligence. The installation now delivers 460,000 kWh of clean thermal energy per year, eliminating the need for biomass combustion and reducing emissions by ~50 tCO₂ annually.
460
MWh thermal
Impact
Heat requirements customer: 85°C process water
Generated heat/energy savings: 460 MWh thermal
Co2 savings: 50 tCO₂/year
Our solutions
SunFleet H100 with 50 SunArcs H100, integrated SunTES H100 thermal storage, a Heat Exchanger, full BoP, and SunCore intelligence connected to the existing steam network
Patatas Fritas Maribel
Food & Agriculture
Snacks & Potato frying
Under Development
🇪🇸 Spain – Andalusia
1400
MWh thermal
Impact
Heat requirements customer: 160°C edible frying oil
Generated heat/energy savings: 1,400 MWh thermal
Co2 savings: 340 tCO₂/year
Our solutions
SunFleet H300 with 96 SunArcs H300, integrated SunTES H300 thermal storage, Edible Oil Heat exchanger, full Balance of Plant, and SunCore intelligence connected to the existing infrastructure.
Seqora high-quality chemicals
Chemical industry
High-quality Chemicals
Under Development
🇳🇱 The Netherlands – Utrecht
5000
MWh thermal
Impact
Heat requirements customer: 170°C saturated steam
Generated heat/energy savings: 8,000 MWh thermal
Co2 savings: 1950 tCO₂/year
Our solutions
SunFleet H300 with 84 SunArcs H300, 5 MWh integrated SunTES H300 thermal storage, Power-2-Heat Module, SunBoiler, full Balance of Plant, and SunCore intelligence connected to the existing steam network.
Tomato processing company
Food & Agriculture
Strategic Partnership
🇪🇸 Spain
17780
MWh thermal
Impact
Heat requirements customer: 210°C saturated steam and 220°C hot air
Generated heat/energy savings: 17,780 MWh thermal
Co2 savings: 3150 tCO₂/year
Our solutions
SunFleet H300 with, 540 SunArcs, integrated SunTES H300 thermal storage, Power-2-Heat Module, SunBoiler, full Balance of Plant, and SunCore intelligence connected to the existing steam network
Dutch Beer Brewery
Food & Beverage
Beer Brewery
Under Development
🇳🇱 The Netherlands
1130
MWh thermal
Impact
Heat requirements customer: 180°C saturated steam
Generated heat/energy savings: 1,130 MWh thermal
Co2 savings: 170 tCO₂/year
Our solutions
SunFleet H300 with, 6 MWh integrated SunTES H300 thermal storage, Power-2-Heat Module, SunBoiler, full Balance of Plant, and SunCore intelligence connected to the existing steam network.
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