How thermal energy storage enhances the economic viability of concentrating solar power

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-347

  Madaeni, Seyed Hossein ^a   Sioshansi, Ramteen ^a   Denholm, Paul ^b  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity value; concentrating solar power; energy economics; thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL ENERGY;

CAPACITY VALUE; CAPITAL COSTS; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; ENERGY ECONOMICS; OPERATING REVENUES;

COSTS;

EID: 84856209264     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2011.2144950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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