Can hybrid solar-fossil power plants mitigate CO2 at lower cost than PV or CSP?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2487-2493

  Moore, Jared ^a   Apt, Jay ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY FACTORS; CONCENTRATING SOLAR THERMAL POWER; ELECTRICITY PRICES; INTEGRATED SOLAR COMBINED CYCLES; LEVELIZED COST OF ELECTRICITIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRICITIES; SOLAR ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FEDERAL SYSTEM; HYBRIDIZATION; POWER PLANT; PRICE DETERMINATION; SOLAR POWER; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATED SOLAR THERMAL POWER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENGINEERING; FOSSIL ENERGY; GENERATOR; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GOVERNMENT; HYBRID SOLAR FOSSIL POWER PLANT; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; THERMODYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICITY; FOSSIL FUELS; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875345681     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3021099     Document Type: Article

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