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T1 Concentrated Solar Power: Actual Performance and Foreseeable Future in High Penetration Scenarios of Renewable Energies
A1 Castro Carranza, Carlos de
A1 Capellán Pérez, Iñigo
K1 Energía solar
K1 Solar Power
K1 2106.01 Energía Solar
AB Analyses proposing a high share of concentrated solar power (CSP) in future 100% renewable energy scenarios rely on the ability of this technology, through storage and/or hybridization, to partially avoid the problems associated with the hourly/daily (short-term) variability of other variable renewable sources such as wind or solar photovoltaic. However, data used in the scientific literature are mainly theoretical values. In this work, the actual performance of CSP plants in operation from publicly available data from four countries (Spain, the USA, India, and United Arab Emirates) has been estimated for three dimensions: capacity factor (CF), seasonal variability, and energy return on energy invested (EROI). In fact, the results obtained show that the actual performance of CSP plants is significantly worse than that projected by constructors and considered by the scientific literature in the theoretical studies: a CF in the range of 0.15–0.3, low standard EROI (1.3:1–2.4:1), intensive use of materials—some scarce, and significant seasonal intermittence. In the light of the obtained results, the potential contribution of current CSP technologies in a future 100% renewable energy system seems very limited.
PB Springer
SN 2366-0112
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/36286
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/36286
LA eng
NO BioPhysical Economics and Resource Quality, 2018, 3:14
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 23-abr-2024