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Yes.
You'll need:
- Chiller:Absorption or Chiller:Absorption:Indirect
- One of the Solar collectors, such as SolarCollector:FlatPlate:Water
- A WaterHeater:Mixed or
WaterHeater:Stratified
with zero heating capacity will serve as the storage tank. - Plant loops, pumps, setpoint managers, availability managers if any, and PlantEquipmentOperationSchemes, etc
Have a look at the EnergyPlus example files, especially the ChillerAbsorption.idf
or IndirectAbsorptionChiller.idf
to see how these are used, and SolarCollectorFlatPlateWater.idf
which used solar thermal panels to heat up a storage tank (WaterHeater:Mixed).