scholarly journals Study of China's Optimal Concentrated Solar Power Development Path to 2050

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Xiaojia Dong ◽  
Xinyu Li
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Programming Approach ◽  
Gdp Growth ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power ◽  
Development Path ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
The Impact

As an important form of clean energy generation that provides continuous and stable power generation and is grid-friendly, concentrated solar power (CSP) has been developing rapidly in recent years. It is expected that CSP, together with wind and solar photovoltaic, will constitute a stable, high percentage of renewable energy generation system that will be price-competitive with conventional energy sources. In this study, a dynamic programming approach based on minimum cost was used to explore the optimal development path of CSP generation in China by 2050. A learning curve model and a technology diffusion model were used as constraints. The impact of factors such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, incentive policies, technological advances, grid absorptive capacity, and emission regulation schemes on the development of CSP generation was discussed in the context of sensitivity analysis and scenario comparison. This study has reached the following conclusions: 1) the government cannot achieve the target for cumulative installed capacity in 2050. Considering the interaction of relevant factors, the target would be hard to achieve even under favorable conditions; 2) as a key factor affecting the development of CSP, the incentive policy is closely related to construction cost. It is noteworthy that although the target can be achieved with a higher investment ratio, the CSP industry has failed to create a good ecological environment in the early stage of development; 3) GDP growth and learning rate are important factors influencing the development path in later stages; and 4) although they operate as potential factors affecting construction costs, grid absorptive capacity and carbon permit prices have limited impact on the development of CSP generation.

scholarly journals Impact study of NOOR 1 project on the Moroccan territorial economic development

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Amale Laaroussi ◽  
Abdelghrani Bouayad ◽  
Zakaria Lissaneddine ◽  
Lalla Amina Alaoui
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact

Morocco is one of the countries investing more and more in Renewable Energy (RE) technologies to meet the growing demand for energy and ensure the security of supply in this sector. The number of solar projects planned and implemented, as well as solar thermal projects in the form of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) installations is steadily increasing. Many of these installations are designed as large utility systems. In order to provide strong evidence on local, regional and even national impacts, this article examines the impacts of large-scale renewable energy projects on territorial development, based on a case study of the NOOR 1 (Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)) project in Ouarzazate, Morocco. The data collected during this study, conducted through semi-structured interviews with experts, stakeholders, local community representatives and combined with an analysis of documents provided by the NOOR 1 project managers, investors and consulting firms specialized in the field of Renewable Energy, provide detailed evidence on the type and magnitude of impacts on the economic development of the Moroccan southern region where the NOOR 1 plant is located. The data collected is analyzed using NVIVO software. The study results in a consolidated list of many impacts with varying levels of significance for different stakeholder groups, including farmers, youth, women, community representatives and small and medium firms owners. It should be noted that the importance of analyzing the economic impact of large infrastructure projects is widely recognized, but so far, there is little published in the academic and professional literature on the potential impacts of these projects at the local level. Even less information is available on the local impacts of large-scale project implementation in Morocco. While many macroeconomic studies have fed the recent surge in investment in RE projects with the promise of multiple social, economic, environmental, and even geopolitical benefits at the macro level, public debates and discussions have raised considerable doubts. The question of whether these promises would also leave their marks at the local level has also arisen. Despite these uncertainties, very few academics and practitioners have conducted research to empirically develop a good understanding of the impact of RE projects at the local level. To fill this research gap, the economic impact analysis of NOOR 1 provides a detailed empirical overview, which allows a better understanding of the effects that the infrastructure developments of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants can have on the economic environment in which they are located.

scholarly journals Economics of an Additive Manufactured Heat Exchanger for Concentrating Solar Power

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracey Ziev ◽  
Erfan Rasouli ◽  
Ines Noelly-Tano ◽  
Ziheng Wu ◽  
Srujana Yarasi Rao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Efficiency ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Cost Model ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power ◽  
Future Technologies ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Alternative Current ◽  
The Impact

Developing low cost, high efficiency heat exchangers (HX) for application in concentrated solar power (CSP) is critical to reducing CSP costs. However, the extreme operating conditions in CSP systems present a challenge for typical high efficiency HX manufacturing processes. We describe a process-based cost model (PBCM) to estimate the cost of fabricating an HX for this application using additive manufacturing (AM). The PBCM is designed to assess the effectiveness of different designs, processes choices, and manufacturing innovations to reduce HX cost. We describe HX design and AM process modifications that reduce HX cost from a baseline of$780/kW-thto$570/kW-th. We further evaluate the impact of alternative current and potential future technologies on HX cost, and identify a pathway to further reduce HX cost to$270/kW-th.

Techno-economic analysis of the impact of working fluids on the concentrated solar power combined with multi-effect distillation (CSP-MED)

2021 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
A.M. Soliman ◽  
Abdelnasser Mabrouk ◽  
Mohamed A. Sharaf Eldean ◽  
Hassan E.S. Fath
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power ◽  
Working Fluids ◽  
The Impact

The impact of concentrated solar power in electric power systems: A Chilean case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 258-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Mena ◽  
R. Escobar ◽  
Á. Lorca ◽  
M. Negrete-Pincetic ◽  
D. Olivares
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Electric Power Systems ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals A Comparison of Dispatchable RES Technoeconomics: Is There a Niche for Concentrated Solar Power?

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 4768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra G. Papadopoulou ◽  
George Vasileiou ◽  
Alexandros Flamos
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power ◽  
Levelized Cost Of Electricity ◽  
The Impact

Raising the penetration of renewable energy sources constitutes one of the main pillars of contemporary decarbonization strategies. Within this context, further progress is required towards the optimal exploitation of their potential, especially in terms of dispatchability, where the role of storage is considered vital. Although current literature delves into either storage per se or the integration of storage solutions in single renewable technologies, the comparative advantages of each technology remain underexplored. However, high-penetration solutions of renewable energy sources (RES) are expected to combine different technological options. Therefore, the conditions under which each technology outperforms their counterparts need to be thoroughly investigated, especially in cases where storage components are included. This paper aims to deal with this gap, by means of assessing the combination of three competing technologies, namely concentrated solar power (CSP), photovoltaics (PV) and offshore wind, with the storage component. The techno-economic assessment is based on two metrics; the levelized cost of electricity and the net present value. Considering the competition between the technologies and the impact storage may have, the paper’s scope lies in investigating the circumstances, under which CSP could have an advantage against comparable technologies. Overall, PVs combined with storage prevail, as the most feasible technological option in the examined storage scenarios—with an LCOE lower than 0.11 €/kWh. CSP LCOE ranged between 0.1327–0.1513 €/kWh for high capacity factors and investment costs, thus larger storage components. Offshore wind—with a lower storage component—had an LCOE of 0.1402 €/kWh. Thus, CSP presents the potential to outperform offshore wind in cases where the latter technology is coupled with high storage requirements. CSP can be viewed as one of the options that could support European Union (EU) decarbonization scenarios. As such, an appropriate market design that takes into consideration and values CSP characteristics, namely dispatchability, is needed at the EU level.

Ethanol Logistics for Fuel Cells Applications in Brazil

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Egberto Gomes Franco ◽  
Paulo Lucas Dantas Filho ◽  
Flavio Taioli ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Rollo Ribeiro ◽  
Geraldo Francisco Burani
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Global Player ◽  
The Impact

One important element to reduce the impact of the present economic development model in nature is the energy generation. The need for more efficient sources of energy is evident, as the world relies on fossil fuel sources that become scarcer and expensive. Furthermore, imposes the use of clean fuels, like hydrogen and renewable primary fuels in large scale. The fuel cells technology have shown to be an interesting and very promising alternative, among others, to solve the problem of generating clean energy with high efficiency, using hydrogen, natural gas and ethanol. Hydrogen production from ethanol is an attractive technique, due to it renewable source, allowing clean energy generation. To permit that, the logistics of ethanol plays an essential role, allowing easy and full access to this fuel also in remote areas. In this article, we identify the necessary infra-structure to lead Brazil as a global player in the Hydrogen Economy. The costs of natural gas and ethanol as “carriers” were identified, pointing out weaknesses and strongest points of these primary fuels. The combination of these two technologies could drive Brazil to a clean and renewable energy source, mainly in remote areas.

Using Thermodynamics Principles to Optimize Performance of Capacitive Mixing Cycles for Salinity Gradient Energy Generation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Moreno ◽  
Marta C. Hatzell
Keyword(s):  
Salinity Gradient ◽  
Heat Engine ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Thermodynamic Efficiency ◽  
Separation Processes ◽  
Stirling Cycle ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Understanding the thermodynamics associated with ion mixing and separation processes is important in order to meet the rising demands for clean energy and water production. Several electrochemical-based technologies such as capacitive deionization and capacitive mixing (CapMix) are capable of achieving desalination and energy production through ion mixing and separation processes, yet experimental investigations suggest energy conversion occurs with low second law (thermodynamic) efficiency. Here, we explore the maximum attainable efficiency for different CapMix cycles to investigate the impact cycle operation has on energy extraction. All investigated cycles are analogous to well documented heat engine cycles. In order to analyze CapMix cycles, we develop a physics-based model of the electric double layer based on the Gouy-Chapman-Stern theory. Evaluating CapMix cycles for energy generation revealed that cycles where ion mixing occurs at constant concentration and switching occurs at constant charge (a cycle analogous to the Stirling engine) attained the highest overall first law (electrical energy) efficiency (39%). This first law efficiency is nearly 300% greater than the first law efficiency of the Otto, Diesel, Brayton, and Atkinson analog cycles where ion mixing occurs while maintaining a constant number of ions. Additionally, the maximum first law efficiency was 89% with a maximum work output of 0.5 kWh per m3 of solution mixed (V = 1.0V) using this same Stirling cycle. Here the salinity gradient was CH = 600 mM and CL = 1 mM (ΔGmix = 0.56 kWh/m3). The effect of voltage was also examined at CH = 600 mM (seawater) and CL = 20 mM (river water). CapMix cycles operated at lower voltage (V < 1.0V), resulted in the Otto cycle yielding the highest first law efficiency of approximately 25% (compared to under 20% for the Stirling cycle); however, this was at the expense of a reduction (50x) in net electrical energy extracted from the same mixing process (0.01 kWh per m3).

Sensitivity of the Moroccan mix to the integration of Thermal and Battery Storage combined with Concentrated Solar Power and Photovoltaics: Design, Dispatch and Optimal Mix analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayat-allah Bouramdane ◽  
Alexis Tantet ◽  
Philippe Drobinski
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Concentrated Solar Power ◽  
Levelized Cost Of Electricity ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Spatial Diversification ◽  
Battery Energy ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

<p>Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) can shift electricity over time using cheap Thermal Energy Storage (TES). However, the cost of CSP is still high. Conversely, the cost of Photovoltaic (PV) systems have fallen. However, the Battery Energy Storage (BES) used to mitigate the generation variability is uneconomical to utilize as a grid-scale storage. Moreover, in order to increase the operating hours of both solar technologies, one has to increase both TES capacity and CSP solar field compared to the electricity-generating turbine, as measured by the Solar Multiple (SM), and increase the BES capacity and PV module size relative to a fixed inverter capacity, as measured by the Inverter Loading Ratio (ILR). This increase the investment costs although the Levelized Cost of Electricity tends to be lowered by the higher capacity factor (CF). These differences between solar technologies must be accounted when designing an optimal prospective power supply system based on renewable energies (RE). Particularly, the utilization of CSP and PV with storage is widely suggested within the Moroccan strategy that aims at deploying 20% of its electrical capacity from solar energy by 2030. However, the share between PV and CSP and the amount of storage associated is still to be found. This study discuss objectively scenarios for solar integration in the electricity mix by evaluating the impact of rental cost and storage of CSP [1] and PV on the optimal mixes together with the role of time-space complementarity in reducing the adequacy risk. To do so, we simulate hourly CFs and load curves adjusted to observations for the four Moroccan electrical zones. We analyze mixes along Pareto fronts using the Mean-Variance approach -implemented in the E4CLIM model - in which the total cost of a mix is constrained to be lower than that of the actual 2018 mix [1].  We find that wind gains a higher shares compared to solar technologies because wind is regular on average which involves less capacity to install. However, at low penetrations, the addition of TES to CSP decreases the risk – the more as SM is increased keeping the mean CF fixed – which makes CSP less variable than wind and favors its installation compared to PV. To prevent reaching the maximum-cost sooner at high penetrations, the share of CSP decreases compared to PV and wind. However, the larger the ILR, the larger the share of PV compared to wind and CSP-TES, particularly for SM<4 and CSP tends to replace PV with high ILRs at high penetrations. We also show that a strong RE variability reduction is achieved through spatial diversification and by taking into account correlations between PV and CSP capacities, but less so as the surplus of energy available for TES and BES is increased.</p><p>[1]: Bouramdane, A.-A.; Tantet, A.; Drobinski, P. Adequacy of Renewable Energy Mixes with Concentrated Solar Power and Photovoltaic in Morocco: Impact of Thermal Storage and Cost. Energies <strong>2020</strong>, 13, 5087.</p><div> <div> <div>L’email a bien été copié</div> </div> </div><div> <div> <div>L’email a bien été copié</div> </div> </div><div><img></div>

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