Role of Concentrating Solar Power in Integrating Solar and Wind Energy: Preprint
Conference
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OSTI ID:1215020
As wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) increase in penetration it is increasingly important to examine enabling technologies that can help integrate these resources at large scale. Concentrating solar power (CSP) when deployed with thermal energy storage (TES) can provide multiple services that can help integrate variable generation (VG) resources such as wind and PV. CSP with TES can provide firm, highly flexible capacity, reducing minimum generation constraints which limit penetration and results in curtailment. By acting as an enabling technology, CSP can complement PV and wind, substantially increasing their penetration in locations with adequate solar resource.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- OSTI ID:
- 1215020
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-6A20-62791
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 4th Solar Integration Workshop, 11-13 November 2014, Berlin, Germany
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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