A systematic review of supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO2) power cycle for energy industries: Technologies, key issues, and potential prospects

JQ Guo, MJ Li, YL He, T Jiang, T Ma, JL Xu… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The potential contributions of this critical review are to provide a detailed complement of the
status, barriers, and prospect of the supercritical carbon dioxide (S-CO 2) cycle power …

The economics of concentrating solar power (CSP): Assessing cost competitiveness and deployment potential

MI Khan, R Gutiérrez-Alvarez, F Asfand, Y Bicer… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
A global transition to sustainable energy systems is underway, evident in the increasing
proportion of renewables like solar and wind, which accounted for 12% of global power …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in research and development of molten chloride salt technology for next generation concentrated solar power plants

W Ding, T Bauer - Engineering, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants with thermal energy storage (TES) system are
emerging as one kind of the most promising power plants in the future renewable energy …

Quantifying the challenge of reaching a 100% renewable energy power system for the United States

WJ Cole, D Greer, P Denholm, AW Frazier, S Machen… - Joule, 2021‏ - cell.com
We simulate pathways for achieving up to 100% renewable energy (RE) electric power
systems for the contiguous United States. Under base conditions, the least-cost buildout has …

[HTML][HTML] The role of concentrated solar power with thermal energy storage in least-cost highly reliable electricity systems fully powered by variable renewable energy

KM Kennedy, TH Ruggles, K Rinaldi… - Advances in Applied …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Policies in the US increasingly stipulate the use of variable renewable energy sources,
which must be able to meet electricity demand reliably and affordably despite variability. The …

Engineering molten MgCl2–KCl–NaCl salt for high-temperature thermal energy storage: Review on salt properties and corrosion control strategies

C Villada, W Ding, A Bonk, T Bauer - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Conventional thermal energy storage (TES) media and heat transfer fluids (HTFs) currently
used in commercial concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are nitrate-based molten salts …

Renewable-integrated flexible carbon capture: a synergistic path forward to clean energy future

MS Zantye, A Arora, MMF Hasan - Energy & Environmental Science, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
To decarbonize electricity grids, CO2 capture and renewable wind/solar are two promising
pathways. However, the intermittency of these variable renewable sources and the high …

Latest developments, assessments and research trends for next generation of concentrated solar power plants using liquid heat transfer fluids

I Arias, J Cardemil, E Zarza, L Valenzuela… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Solar thermal technologies for power generation have become cost-effective, efficient,
flexible, and play a prominent role in achieving low-carbon energy systems. Concentrated …

[HTML][HTML] Conventional and emerging CSP technologies and design modifications: research status and recent advancements

MI Alam, MM Nuhash, A Zihad, TH Nakib… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Ever-increasing impact of burning carbon fuels puts a worldwide trend to shift to renewable
energy resources to contribute to a sustainable environment, energy and economy …

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 …