Techno-economic analysis of solar tower aided coal-fired power generation system

Energies

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Zhu, Yong ^a   Zhai, Rongrong ^b   Yang, Yongping ^a   Angel Reyes Belmonte, Miguel ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IMDEA ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coal Fired Power Generation System; Levelized Cost Of Electricity; Solar Tower Field; Techno Economic Analysis

Indexed keywords

COAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; LIFE CYCLE; PROFITABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; TOWERS;

COAL-FIRED POWER GENERATION; DIRECT NORMAL IRRADIANCES; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; LEVELIZED COST OF ELECTRICITIES; POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT; SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRICITY; SOLAR TOWERS; TECHNO- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM ECONOMICS;

EID: 85044509887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en10091392     Document Type: Article

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