The added bonus – the environmental benefits of solar power technology

You gotta give if you wanna take

Too many companies lay claim to their products being good for the environment, however many neglect the fact that a truly environmentally friendly-product must adhere to environmental principles at all stages in its cycle. That’s why the Solarola solar technology system, by the use of a solar power generator, was developed to achieve environmental benefits all the way along the timber drying pipeline and beyond.

Due to an intensified multi-million dollar research and development program in the past 12 years, Solarola kiln technology has jumped ahead of its competitors by at least three generations. Unique cyclic drying control systems and solar kiln technology have been proven to deliver unparalleled low operating cost and in many cases as much as 20-30% more saleable timber from wood dried by this process. At the same time, massive energy savings means a carbon neutral dry timber.

Energy savings

For a start, the lightweight and basic design of the Solarola kiln means fewer resources are required in its manufacturing. Then there’s the actual operation of the kiln. Solarola kilns commonly deliver comparative heating energy savings of 70% when timber is dried at the same rate as a conventional kiln, and that figure can be pushed as high as 100% if the kiln is slowed.

Nothing but heat

Such remarkable energy efficiency is due to a number of features of our unique solar power generator technology system. Unlike some solar energy capturing systems that require resource-intensive and costly solar panels, the Solarola system produces solar energy through a simple combination of layered plastic, ventilation chambers and fully automated delivery ducts. This natural system of heat generation through a solar power generator means that Solarola kilns produce no by-product other than heat - which, of course, is contained within the kiln.

Lightweight makes light work

The lightweight and portable design of the Solarola kiln also allows for significant environmental benefits. This is due to the reduction in timber transport from the felling point to the drying location. The low infrastructure requirements mean that drying does not have to be centralized around an energy supply or static boiler system. Fuel consumption and subsequent emissions that come from transporting green timber contribute heavily to cost, and when you minimize those things, the cost is minimized too.

Waste not, want not

Solar kilns don’t need boilers and wood-waste burners to provide heat, so you have less pollutants, environmental hazards and environmental compliance costs associated with burning wood. At the same time, use of a solar power generator allows waste products to become useful – either by using them for other things like bio-energy, or simply by selling it to alternative uses. In some situations where operational scale permits, you can even use the wood waste products to produce electricity for sawing and other processes.

The Solarola solar technology system also creates huge environmental benefits in that it allows users to get more usable timber product out of the drying process, and as a consequence, results in significantly less waste wood product. That means that a Solarola system requires fewer trees to be felled overall.

Our ultimate goal is to create a sustainable timber industry in which business can run both profitably and responsibly. By cutting energy use by three-quarters we have begun to revolutionize the timber drying industry and set it on a path to becoming one of the leading industries in terms of the ratio of energy input to product output.