Industrial Nanotech and Total Energy Care agree to develop energy saving coatings for solar panels

22 December 2009

Nanotechnology company Industrial Nanotech and Canadian solar manufacturer Total Energy Care (TEC) have agreed to incorporate Nansulate Solar in solar thermal panels to increase efficiency.

Nanotechnology company Industrial Nanotech’s patented Nansulate Solar is a thermal insulation and energy saving coating in Canada for retrofitting energy systems in existing buildings. The agreement includes the use of the Nansulate Solar product within the Canadian solar thermal and thermal storage industries.

TEC’s president, Steven Burke, has committed to using Nansulate on all solar thermal panels manufactured at the new plant. Burke said, ‘Because of the amazing thermal resistance properties shown by Nansulate, by applying it on all five of the metal surfaces within a flat plate solar thermal panel, we expect as much as a 20 per cent to 30 per cent increase in the efficiency over traditional insulation used in this industry.’

‘Solar thermal flat plate collectors are far less expensive to manufacture than their airless competitors,’ adds Burke.

TEC is also opening a new facility for manufacturing solar thermal panels and thermal storage tanks.

This will be the second OEM application for solar thermal equipment in which the coatings have been specified. Industrial Nanotech previously announced that their patented Nansulate Solar thermal insulation coating will be incorporated into all new solar water heater systems by Asian manufacturer First Energy Solution to insulate and increase efficiency.

Industrial Nanotech is a global nanoscience solutions and research company, which develops and commercialises applications for nanotechnology.

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