Benchmark of Concentrating Solar Power Plants: Historical, Current and Future Technical and Economic Development

Chaanaoui, Meriem; Vaudreuil, Sébastien; Bounahmidi, Tijani

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2016.04.167

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“…The industry shake-out of experienced lead firms has been particularly strong in the manufacture of parabolic trough receivers. Three receiver manufacturers -SCHOTT, Solel, and Siemens -controlled 98% of the market until project construction in Spain was halted (Chaanaoui et al, 2016), and all three have since exited the industry (Table 3).…”

Section: Demand Growth Patternsmentioning

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Windows of opportunity for catching up in formative clean-tech sectors and the rise of China in concentrated solar power

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Gilmanova

Lilliestam

2021

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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We analyse the potential for industry entry and catching up by latecomer countries or firms in formative sectors, by deriving a framework that builds on the concept of windows of opportunity for catching up. This framework highlights differences in technological, market, and institutional characteristics between formative and mature sectors, and elaborates how this may affect opportunities for catching up. We apply this framework to the global Concentrated Solar Power sector, in which China has rapidly narrowed the gap to the global forefront in terms of technological capabilities and market competitiveness. We find that the formative nature of the sector resulted in turbulent development of the technological, market, and institutional dimensions, making it more difficult for early leaders to retain leadership, and therefore easier for latecomer firms or countries to catch up. This signals an increased role in early-stage technology development in the next phase of the energy transition.

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Section: Demand Growth Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Windows of opportunity for catching up in formative clean-tech sectors and the rise of China in concentrated solar power

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Gilmanova

Lilliestam

2021

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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“…Although there is a rich literature on CSP technologies relating to engineering and economic aspects (Chaanaoui et al, 2016;Lilliestam et al, 2017;Villarini et al, 2011), it has so far received very little attention in the literature on innovation or sustainability transitions, with a small number of exceptions (Hu and Wu, 2013;Lilliestam et al, 2018;Vieira de Souza and Gilmanova Cavalcante, 2017;Wang et al, 2017). Here, we first help fill some of this gap by providing a description of Concentrated Solar Power technologies (section 3.1), and a descriptive overview of sector developments globally (section 3.2), and in China (section 3.3).…”

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“…Spanish development of CSP has ceased after strong reduction in Spanish Feed-in tariffs. The stop-and go nature of support measures in the US have made it a difficult market as well, leading to a number of bankruptcies or industry exits of leading equipment manufacturers and developers (Chaanaoui et al, 2016;Hu and Wu, 2013;Martin, 2016).…”

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China’s role in the next phase of the energy transition: Contributions to global niche formation in the Concentrated Solar Power sector

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Binz

Lema³

2020

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

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“…There are currently four main types of CSP technologies in use. These include parabolic trough, power tower, parabolic dish and linear Fresnel reflectors (LFRs) [3]. The basic concept of these four technologies are shown in Figure 1.…”

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A Through-Life Cost Analysis Model to Support Investment Decision-Making in Concentrated Solar Power Projects

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This research paper aims to propose a through-life cost analysis model for estimating the profitability of renewable concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies. The financial outputs of the model include net present value (NPV) and benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of the project, internal rate of return (IRR) and discounted payback period (DPBP) of the investment, and levelized cost of energy (LCoE) from the CSP technology. The meteorological data for a specific location in the city of Tucson in Arizona is collected from a network of automated weather stations, and the NREL System Advisor Model (SAM) is applied to simulate hourly energy output of the CSP plant. An Excel spreadsheet tool is designed to calculate, in a bottom-up approach, the financial metrics required for approval of CSP projects. The model is tested on a 50 MW parabolic trough CSP plant and the results show an annual energy production of 456,351,232 kWh, NPV of over $64 million and LCoE of 0.16 $/kWh. Finally, a sensitivity analysis is performed to identify the factors which have the most significant effect on the economic performance of CSP technologies. The proposed model can provide valuable guidance to support the strategic planning and investment decision-making in CSP projects.

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Benchmark of Concentrating Solar Power Plants: Historical, Current and Future Technical and Economic Development

Cited by 54 publications

References 11 publications

Windows of opportunity for catching up in formative clean-tech sectors and the rise of China in concentrated solar power

Windows of opportunity for catching up in formative clean-tech sectors and the rise of China in concentrated solar power

China’s role in the next phase of the energy transition: Contributions to global niche formation in the Concentrated Solar Power sector

A Through-Life Cost Analysis Model to Support Investment Decision-Making in Concentrated Solar Power Projects

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