Latest developments on TES and CSP technologies–Energy and environmental issues, applications and research trends

O Achkari, A El Fadar - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The concentrating solar power (CSP) technology is promising especially for countries
having an abundance of solar resources in order to secure their energy supply, reduce their …

Economic assessment of concentrated solar power technologies: A review

AW Dowling, T Zheng, VM Zavala - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This paper surveys economic assessments of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies
and finds two dominant assessment methods. A majority of studies reported in the literature …

The IEEE reliability test system: A proposed 2019 update

C Barrows, A Bloom, A Ehlen… - … on Power Systems, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The evolving nature of electricity production, transmission, and consumption necessitates an
update to the IEEE's Reliability Test System (RTS), which was last modernized in 1996. The …

Regional energy deployment system (reeds) model documentation (version 2020)

J Ho, J Becker, M Brown, P Brown, I Chernyakhovskiy… - 2021‏ - osti.gov
The Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS) model is a capacity expansion and
dispatch model that is primarily used for the contiguous US electric power sector. The model …

Coatings for concentrating solar systems–A review

C Atkinson, CL Sansom, HJ Almond… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Coatings are used extensively in concentrating solar systems to improve the performance of
both reflectors and absorbers in terms of costs, efficiency, durability and maintenance …

Optimization and techno-economic assessment of concentrated solar power (CSP) in South-Western Africa: A case study on Ghana

EB Agyekum, VI Velkin - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The techno-economic performance of two different CSP technologies ie Solar tower (ST)
and parabolic trough (PT) were evaluated in this paper, each at two different locations in …

A taxonomy of systems that combine utility-scale renewable energy and energy storage technologies

CA Murphy, A Schleifer, K Eurek - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Interest in renewable energy-based hybrid systems—which combine multiple renewable
energy and/or energy storage technologies—is apparent and growing. Such systems could …

Is Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) a feasible option for Sub-Saharan Africa?: Investigating the techno-economic feasibility of CSP in Tanzania

A Aly, A Bernardos, CM Fernandez-Peruchena… - Renewable energy, 2019‏ - Elsevier
There is a noticeable shortage of solar energy related information in Sub-Saharan Africa,
especially about Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology. The Tanzanian official …

An integrated combined cycle system driven by a solar tower: A review

E Okoroigwe, A Madhlopa - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016‏ - Elsevier
An integrated solar combined cycle system (ISCCS) basically consists of three major
components: a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT), solar steam generator (SSG) and solar …

A comparison of price-taker and production cost models for determining system value, revenue, and scheduling of concentrating solar power plants

J Martinek, J Jorgenson, M Mehos, P Denholm - Applied energy, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants convert solar energy into electricity and can be
coupled with low-cost thermal energy storage to provide a dispatchable renewable …