LAPSE:2023.9200
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LAPSE:2023.9200
Integration of CSP and PV Power Plants: Investigations about Synergies by Close Coupling
February 27, 2023
Photovoltaic (PV) - concentrated solar power (CSP) hybrid power plants are an attractive option for supplying cheap and dispatchable solar electricity. Hybridization options for both technologies were investigated, combining their benefits by a deeper integration. Simulations of the different systems were performed for seven different sites by varying their design parameters to obtain the optimal configurations under certain boundary conditions. A techno-economic analysis was performed using the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) and nighttime electricity fraction as variables for the representation. Hybrid power plants were compared to pure CSP plants, PV-battery plants, and PV plants with an electric resistance heater (ERH), thermal energy storage (TES), and power block (PB). Future cost projections were also considered.
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battery energy storage system, electric heater, hybrid PV-CSP power plant, simulation tools, Technoeconomic Analysis, thermal storage
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Iñigo-Labairu J, Dersch J, Schomaker L. Integration of CSP and PV Power Plants: Investigations about Synergies by Close Coupling. (2023). LAPSE:2023.9200
Author Affiliations
Iñigo-Labairu J: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Solar Research, Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln, Germany [ORCID]
Dersch J: German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Solar Research, Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln, Germany [ORCID]
Schomaker L: Dornier Suntrace GmbH, Grosse Elbstrasse 145 c, 22767 Hamburg, Germany
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Energies
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15
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19
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7103
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2022
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2022-09-27
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1996-1073
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