scholarly journals Techno-economic analysis of concentrated solar power plants in terms of levelized cost of electricity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Musi ◽  
Benjamin Grange ◽  
Sgouris Sgouridis ◽  
Rafael Guedez ◽  
Peter Armstrong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power ◽  
Levelized Cost Of Electricity ◽  
Cost Of Electricity ◽  
Levelized Cost ◽  
Solar Power Plants ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power Plants

scholarly journals Potential of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycles to Reduce the Levelised Cost of Electricity of Contemporary Concentrated Solar Power Plants

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 5049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Crespi ◽  
David Sánchez ◽  
Gonzalo S. Martínez ◽  
Tomás Sánchez-Lencero ◽  
Francisco Jiménez-Espadafor
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power ◽  
Power Cycles ◽  
Cost Of Electricity ◽  
Solar Power Plants ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power Plants ◽  
Supercritical Carbon

This paper provides an assessment of the expected Levelised Cost of Electricity enabled by Concentrated Solar Power plants based on Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sCO 2 ) technology. A global approach is presented, relying on previous results by the authors in order to ascertain whether these innovative power cycles have the potential to achieve the very low costs of electricity reported in the literature. From a previous thermodynamic analysis of sCO 2 cycles, three layouts are shortlisted and their installation costs are compared prior to assessing the corresponding cost of electricity. Amongst them, the Transcritical layout is then discarded due to the virtually impossible implementation in locations with high ambient temperature. The remaining layouts, Allam and Partial Cooling are then modelled and their Levelised Cost of Electricity is calculated for a number of cases and two different locations in North America. Each case is characterised by a different dispatch control scheme and set of financial assumptions. A Concentrated Solar Power plant based on steam turbine technology is also added to the assessment for the sake of comparison. The analysis yields electricity costs varying in the range from 8 to over 11 ¢/kWh, which is near but definitely not below the 6 ¢/kWh target set forth by different administrations. Nevertheless, in spite of the results, a review of the conservative assumptions adopted in the analysis suggests that attaining costs substantially lower than this is very likely. In other words, the results presented in this paper can be taken as an upper limit of the economic performance attainable by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide in Concentrated Solar Power applications.

scholarly journals Concentrated Solar Power Plants with Molten Salt Storage: Economic Aspects and Perspectives in the European Union

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Bielecki ◽  
Sebastian Ernst ◽  
Wioletta Skrodzka ◽  
Igor Wojnicki
Keyword(s):  
Molten Salt ◽  
Molten Salts ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power ◽  
Eu Legislation ◽  
Solar Power Plants ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power Plants

Concentrated solar power plants belong to the category of clean sources of renewable energy. The paper discusses the possibilities for the use of molten salts as storage in modern CSP plants. Besides increasing efficiency, it may also shift their area of application: thanks to increased controllability, they may now be used not only to cover baseload but also as more agile, dispatchable generators. Both technological and economic aspects are presented, with focus on the European energy sector and EU legislation. General characteristics for CSP plants, especially with molten salt storage, are discussed. Perspectives for their development, first of all in economic aspects, are considered.

Probabilistic assessment of concentrated solar power plants yield: The EVA methodology

2018 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 802-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos M. Fernández-Peruchena ◽  
Frank Vignola ◽  
Martín Gastón ◽  
Vicente Lara-Fanego ◽  
Lourdes Ramírez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Probabilistic Assessment ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power ◽  
Solar Power Plants ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power Plants

scholarly journals Multilayer multifunctional advanced coatings for receivers of concentrated solar power plants

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1193-1199
Author(s):  
L. Charpentier ◽  
D. Chen ◽  
J. Colas ◽  
F. Mercier ◽  
M. Pons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power ◽  
Solar Power Plants ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power Plants

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