E.ON has partnered with Naked Energy, using the company’s expertise high energy density solar technology.

The deal will see Naked Energy’s solar technology deployed to commercial and industrial-scale projects across Europe and the UK run by E.ON´s business unit Energy Infrastructure Solutions (EIS). Once the pilot is completed, it will allow EIS to offer Naked Energy’s solar technology to a range of customers.

EIS already provides energy solutions for cities and industries to reduce their carbon emissions. In 16 European countries, EIS services 1.5 million customers through 4,500 plants, which collectively produce 19TWh of heating, cooling, and steam and 12TWh of electricity.

Naked Energy provides the highest energy density solar technology for flat roofs, with its solar heat collectors saving up to four times the amount of carbon as standard solar PV panels. The partnership was founded through the groupwide, global Innovation programme “Free Electrons”.

Naked Energy’s range of solar heat collectors are called Virtu. VirtuHOT is TÜV-certified and converts the sun’s energy into heat up to 120C while its solar PVT collector, VirtuPVT, simultaneously generates both PV electricity and solar heat up to 75C.

“Only through technological advancement our societies will come anywhere close to reaching the climate targets. Making technological innovation available to our business units so they can scale, is our role at E.ON Innovation,” said Stefan Padberg, MD E.ON Innovation Co- Investments.

Naked Energy’s technology will be offered to a range of EIS customers across Europe who have a strong use case for renewable heat, such as breweries, food and beverage, apartment blocks, hotels, leisure centres with swimming pools, and district heat networks.

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