2050 LCOE improvement using new molten salts for thermal energy storage in CSP plants

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 505-514

  Parrado, C ^a   Marzo, A ^a,b   Fuentealba, E ^a,b   Fernandez A G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^b Centro de Energía   (Chile)

Author keywords

CSP; Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE); Molten salt; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUSED SALTS; HEAT STORAGE; SOLAR ENERGY;

ATACAMA DESERT; CONDITION; COST OF ENERGIES; CSP; ENERGY; LEVELIZED COST OF ENERGY; LEVELIZED COSTS; MOLTEN SALT; NORTHERN CHILE; THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE;

THERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 84953337322     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.148     Document Type: Review

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