Analysis of CSP plants for the definition of energy policies: The influence on electricity cost of solar multiples, capacity factors and energy storage

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 6215-6221

  Izquierdo, Salvador ^a   Montañs, Carlos ^a   Dopazo, César ^a   Fueyo, Norberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Feed in tariff; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT; COST OF ELECTRICITY; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; ELECTRICITY COSTS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FEED-IN TARIFF; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

SPAIN;

EID: 77956400573     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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