Comparative economic analysis of concentrating solar technologies

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Duquette, Brandon ^a   Otanicar, Todd ^b  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATING PV; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANT; DESIGN SPACES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; EFFICIENCY GAIN; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HYBRID APPROACH; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL POWER; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; STAND -ALONE; SYSTEM COSTS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

COSTS;

EID: 84869994275     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4007936     Document Type: Article

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