Thanks also to their excellent performance under partial load - i.e. when thermal power input is below nominal values - Zuccato Energia ORC modules can easily be used to implement thermodynamic or hybrid solar plants.

These ORC-based thermodynamic system can exploit the relatively low-temperature heat obtained by simple concentration-type solar panels to produce electric power as long as enough solar power is available.

Hybrid systems can then automatically switch over the ORC module to using alternative heat sources (such as biomass/biogas boilers, geothermal heat systems...) when solar heat is insufficient, such as during night time or in case of inclement weather conditions.

Zuccato Energia has already built and installed pilot systems of this kind as part of research and in partnership with prestigious Universities both in Italy and abroad.