This paper discusses the value generation potential for local and international industry in different development scenarios of the concentrating solar power (CSP) market in North Africa until 2030. It analyzes the economic impact resulting from the participation of North African and European...

Of the mechanisms to improve efficiency for solar-thermal power plants, one of the most effective ways to improve overall efficiency is through power cycle improvements. As increases in operating temperature continue to be pursued, supercritical CO2 Brayton cycles begin to look more attractive...

To accelerate the decarburization in the Indian power sector, concentrating solar power (CSP) needs to play an important role. CSP technologies have found significant space in the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) of the Indian government in which 20,000MW grid connected solar...

Storing sun’s energy in the form of latent thermal energy of a phase change material (PCM) offers high volumetric energy storage density resulting in low capital cost. The objective of this paper is to analyze the dynamic behavior of a packed bed thermal energy storage system with encapsulated...

A thermocline tank is a low-cost thermal energy storage subsystem for concentrating solar power plants that typically utilizes molten salt and quartzite rock as storage media. Long-term thermal stability of the storage concept remains a design concern. A new model is developed to provide...

The impact of concrete structure on the thermal performance of the dual-media thermocline thermal energy storage (TES) tank which is very promising to be applied in concentrating solar power (CSP) systems is investigated. The lumped capacitance method is used since the introduction of corrected...

The technology of concentrating solar power (CSP) is a potential way to meet the increasing demand of electricity consumption and environmental sustainability. However, it is still difficult to determine the installed locations of CSP systems, electricity generation by the systems, and the cost...

The main object of this paper consists in the development of a mathematical closed-form expression for the evaluation, in the period 2010–2050, of the levelized costs of energy (LCOE) of concentrating solar power (CSP) electricity. For this purpose, the LCOE is calculated using a life-cycle...

In this paper we first make a review of the past annual production of electricity and the cumulative installed capacity for photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies. This together with the annual costs of PV modules and CSP systems allows us the determination of the...

Concentrating solar power plants represent a competitive option to produce electric power only if equipped with suitable thermal energy storage. Metal hydride material-based thermochemical hydrogen storage is a very attractive solution to store high temperature solar thermal energy. A literature...