The Economic Potential of Three Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems Providing Thermal Energy to Industry

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1335586· OSTI ID:1335586

Ruth, Mark ^[1]; Cutler, Dylan ^[1]; Flores-Espino, Francisco ^[1]; Stark, Greg ^[1]; Jenkin, Thomas ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

This report is one of a series of reports that Idaho National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory are producing to investigate the technical and economic aspects of nuclear-renewable hybrid energy systems (N-R HESs). Previous reports provided results of an analysis of two N-R HES scenarios. This report builds that analysis with a Texas-synthetic gasoline scenario providing the basis in which the N-R HES sells heat directly to an industrial customer. Subsystems were included that convert electricity to heat, thus allowing the renewable energy subsystem to generate heat and benefit from that revenue stream. Nuclear and renewable energy sources are important to consider in the energy sector's evolution because both are considered to be clean and non-carbon-emitting energy sources.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Strategic Programs (SP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1335586
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-6A50-66745; TRN: US1700846
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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