Concentrating solar power in Europe, the middle east and North Africa: A review of development issues and potential to 2050

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Pitz Paal, Robert ^a   Amin, Amr ^b   Oliver Bettzuge, Marc ^c   Eames, Philip ^d   Flamant, Gilles ^e   Fabrizi, Fabrizio ^f   Holmes, John ^g   Kribus, Avi ^h   Van Der Laan, Harry ⁱ   Lopez, Cayetano ^j   Garcia Novo, Francisco ^k   Papagiannakopoulos, Panos ^l   Pihl, Erik ^m   Smith, Paul ⁿ   Wagner, Hermann Josef ^o  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b HELWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^f ENEA   (Italy)

^g Leopoldina ^*  (Germany)

^h TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

ⁱ UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j CIEMAT   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^m CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^o RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COUNCIL; COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; COST DATA; CSP TECHNOLOGY; CURRENT STATUS; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ELECTRICITY SYSTEM; INCENTIVE SCHEMES; LEARNING RATES; LOW CARBON; MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; POLICY MAKERS; REAL VALUES; RENEWABLES; SECURITY OF SUPPLY; SUPPORT MECHANISM; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

COSTS; ELECTRICITY; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84859922092     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4006390     Document Type: Review

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