Analysis of CSP plants for the definition of energy policies: The influence on electricity cost of solar multiples, capacity factors and energy storage

Izquierdo, Salvador; Montañés, Carlos; Dopazo, César; Fueyo, Norberto

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.06.009

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“…Purohit [5] had a techno-commercial feasibility of four types of CSP plants for 23 locations in India. Izquierdo et al [6] studied the effect of the solar multiple, the capacity factor and the storage capacity on the cost of electricity from CSP plants. Le Fol et al [7] first determined suitable areas for CSP and estimated the CSP ceiling generation and subsequently, offered a map of the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) for a 50 MW CSP plant.…”

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confidence: 99%

Solar Energy Potential and Performance Assessment of CSP Plants in Different Areas of Iran

2015

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Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants only exploit direct beam solar radiation in order to generate electricity. It is generally assumed that CSP systems are economic only for locations with direct normal irradiation (DNI) above 1800 kWh/m 2 /year (about 5 kWh/m 2 /day). In the present study, talented regions of Iran to install CSP plants are identified by using the available measured data of global horizontal irradiation (GHI) from 21 cities. A computational code converts the measured GHI to DNI and by comparing the calculated data, six most talented city area of Iran are selected as the case study. By applying geographical, radiation and meteorological parameters to SAM software, the generation of electricity for a typical CSP plant for these locations are evaluated. The selected CSP plant is a parabolic trough (PT) power plant with capacity of 100 MW and 6 hour thermal storage. Results show that areas around the cities of Bandar-e Abbas, Bushehr, Esfahan, Kerman, Shiraz, and Yazd have more solar energy potential to establish CSP plants in Iran. Annual electricity power for these cities are calculated to be about 234 GWh, 245 GWh, 283 GWh, 318 GWh, 321 GWh and 318 GWh, respectively. Furthermore, employment of solar energy in these areas for electricity generation, considerably conserve fossil fuels and reduces CO 2 emission. Also, a comparison of DNI and power plant electricity generation in the 6 talented cities of Iran and 4 cities of Algeria are performed.

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confidence: 99%

Solar Energy Potential and Performance Assessment of CSP Plants in Different Areas of Iran

2015

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“…Optimization of solar collector field size, for a CSP plant with thermal energy storage, through multiple simulations (Montes et al 2009b;Izquierdo et al 2010;Jain et al 2013), mixed integer maximization approach (Kost et al 2013), and genetic algorithms (Cabello et al 2011) have been reported in literature. Suresh et al (2014) proposed a methodology to determine the thermodynamically optimal solar field size, for PTC-based plants with hybridization Sharma et al (2016).…”

Section: Design Radiation and Solar Field Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

Line-focusing concentrating solar collector-based power plants: a review

Desai

Bandyopadhyay

2016

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Concentrated solar power (CSP) plant is an emerging technology among different renewable energy sources. Parabolic trough collector (PTC)-based CSP plant, using synthetic or organic oil as a heat-transfer fluid, is the most advanced technology. About 87 % of the operational capacities of CSP plants worldwide are based on PTC technology. Direct steam-generating linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) systems have been developed as a cost-effective alternative to PTC systems. Line-focusing concentrating solar collectors (PTC and LFR), with single-axis tracking, are simple in design and easy to operate. Prior to the detailed design of a CSP plant, it is necessary to finalize type of the solar field, type of the power-generating cycle, overall plant configuration, sizing of the solar field and the power block, etc. The optimal design of a CSP plant minimizes the levelized cost of energy for a given site. In this paper, a detailed review of important design parameters which affect the design of line-focusing concentrating solar collector-based power plants is presented. This includes parameters for solar collector field design, receiver, heat-transfer fluid, thermal energy storage, powergenerating cycle, sizing and configuration of the plant, etc. This review may provide a reference for designing CSP plants. Future research directions are also identified.

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“…The former is characterized by uncertainty of fuel supply (bio-oil availability) and therefore the interest rate is increased to 6.5%. The latter is an innovative technology whose risk should be adequately remunerated; an interest rate of 8.5% has been chosen, similar to values adopted in literature for CSP applications (Zhang et al, 2010;Izquierdo et al, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%