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Title: High temperature solar thermal technology: The North Africa Market

Abstract

High temperature solar thermal (HTST) technology offers an attractive option for both industrialized and non-industrialized countries to generate electricity and industrial process steam. The purpose of this report is to assess the potential market for solar thermal applications in the North African countries of Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. North Africa was selected because of its outstanding solar resource base and the variety of applications to be found there. Diminishing oil and gas resources, coupled with expanding energy needs, opens a large potential market for the US industry. The US high temperature solar trough industry has little competition globally and could build a large market in these areas. The US is already familiar with certain solar markets in North Africa due to the supplying of substantial quantities of US-manufactured flat plate collectors to this region.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Solar Energy Industries Association, Arlington, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10119305
Report Number(s):
DOE/CH/10425-1
ON: DE92007636
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-89CH10425
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR THERMAL CONVERSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; AFRICA; ECONOMICS; ALGERIA; EGYPTIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; MOROCCO; TUNISIA; AVAILABILITY; STEAM GENERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER; SOLAR ENERGY; 140700; 140100; 140300; 140400; SOLAR THERMAL POWER SYSTEMS; RESOURCES AND AVAILABILITY; ECONOMIC, INDUSTRIAL, AND BUSINESS ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

Citation Formats

. High temperature solar thermal technology: The North Africa Market. United States: N. p., 1990. Web. doi:10.2172/10119305.
. High temperature solar thermal technology: The North Africa Market. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10119305
. 1990. "High temperature solar thermal technology: The North Africa Market". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10119305. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10119305.
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abstractNote = {High temperature solar thermal (HTST) technology offers an attractive option for both industrialized and non-industrialized countries to generate electricity and industrial process steam. The purpose of this report is to assess the potential market for solar thermal applications in the North African countries of Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. North Africa was selected because of its outstanding solar resource base and the variety of applications to be found there. Diminishing oil and gas resources, coupled with expanding energy needs, opens a large potential market for the US industry. The US high temperature solar trough industry has little competition globally and could build a large market in these areas. The US is already familiar with certain solar markets in North Africa due to the supplying of substantial quantities of US-manufactured flat plate collectors to this region.},
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year = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1990},
month = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1990}
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