Concentrating solar power hybrid plants - Enabling cost effective synergies

Renewable Energy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 178-185

  Peterseim, Juergen H ^a   White, Stuart ^a   Tadros, Amir ^b   Hellwig, Udo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LAING O'ROURKE   (United Kingdom)

^c ERK Eckrohrkessel GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concentrating solar power; Geothermal; Solar hybrid plants; Technology comparison; Wind

Indexed keywords

COAL INDUSTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST REDUCTION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HYBRID MATERIALS; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; NATURAL GASOLINE PLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY; STEAM; WIND;

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES; DISPATCHABILITY; GEOTHERMAL; HYBRID CONCEPTS; HYBRID PLANTS; PLANT COMPONENTS; TECHNOLOGY COMPARISON;

ELECTRIC LOAD DISPATCHING;

COAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GEOTHERMAL POWER; HYBRID; NATURAL GAS; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

EID: 84897459015     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.11.037     Document Type: Article

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