The value of dispatchability of CSP plants in the electricity systems of Morocco and Algeria

Brand, Bernhard; Stambouli, A. Boudghène; Zejli, Driss

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.073

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“…The reason for DEWA committing to this more expensive technology is that the energy storage provided will be essential to achieving the system level balancing that will be necessary for intermittent solar PV to play a major role in the Dubai's plan is to have renewables providing 25% of its electricity by 2030 and 75% by 2050 [88]. Prior studies have indicated the economic value of CSP with thermal energy storage in UAE and North African electricity systems when substantial amounts of renewable energy [56,92,93]. However, the definition of ''substantial'' is context dependent as supply and demand strategies can be implemented to support substantial deployment of intermittent renewables, including storage, curtailment, geographic dispersion and load shaping [94].…”

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Renewable energy policy trends and recommendations for GCC countries

Griffiths

2017

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Policies to support the deployment of renewable energy technologies have been widely established for power generation, heating, cooling, and transportation. However, as renewable energy technologies have become increasingly cost-competitive and more widely deployed, policymakers have begun to focus their attention on the adaption of existing policies to reflect the rapidly changing economics of these technologies and the impacts they have may have on the energy systems in which they are deployed. Optimal renewable energy policies moving forward must, therefore, be context specific and tailored to the unique political, economic and social circumstances of the regional, national or sub-national energy systems in which they are to be applied. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a region where each member country has stated ambitions and targets for renewable energy but deployment to date has been minimal. Therefore, GCC ambitions must be translated into actions via defined policies and regulations that reflect regional context, and thus have the highest likelihood of achieving success. This paper investigates current trends in renewable energy policy with the aim of identifying those that will be the most effective and feasible to catalyze renewable energy in GCC countries. The findings show that utility-scale renewable energy auctions are a primary mode of stimulating renewable energy deployment internationally and this mechanism is optimally aligned with catalyzing renewable energy deployment in the GCC countries. However, further evolution of regionally tailored renewable energy policy will be required as auction mechanisms gain traction and renewable energy becomes increasingly prominent.

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Renewable energy policy trends and recommendations for GCC countries

Griffiths

2017

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“…Extensive discussion of price-taker approaches to simulating the value of CSP is provided by Sioshansi and Denholm (2013), , Brand et al (2012), and Usaola (2011). These approaches have the advantage of being relatively easy to implement and require limited data.…”

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Methods for Analyzing the Economic Value of Concentrating Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage

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Concentrating solar power with thermal energy storage (CSP-TES) provides multiple quantifiable benefits compared to CSP without storage or to solar photovoltaic (PV) technology, including higher energy value, ancillary services value, and capacity value. This report describes modeling approaches to quantifying these benefits that have emerged through state-level policymaking in the United States as well as the potential applicability of these methods in China. The technical potential for CSP-TES in China is significant, but deployment has not yet achieved the targets established by the Chinese government. According to the 12th Five Year Plan for Renewable Energy (2011-2015), CSP was expected to reach 1 GW by 2015 and 3 GW by 2020 in China, yet as of December 2014, deployment totaled only 13.8 MW. One barrier to more rapid deployment is the lack of an incentive specific to CSP, such as a feed-in tariff. The 13th Five Year Plan for Solar Generation (2016-2020), which is under development, presents an opportunity to establish a feed-in tariff specific to CSP. This report, produced under the auspices of the U.S.-China Renewable Energy Partnership, aims to support the development of Chinese incentives that advance CSP deployment goals.

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“…Therefore, the fluctuations in fossil fuels prices in the last decade together with the coming shortage and depletion have heighten concerns over future energy supply security. To this end, advanced energy policies, in many countries, have been based on the development of renewable and sustainable energy resources [3][4][5][6][7].…”

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