Evaluating the Technical and Economic Performance of PV Plus Storage Power Plants

doi:10.2172/1376049

Title: Evaluating the Technical and Economic Performance of PV Plus Storage Power Plants

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The decreasing costs of both PV and energy storage technologies have raised interest in the creation of combined PV plus storage systems to provide dispatchable energy and reliable capacity. In this study, we examine the tradeoffs among various PV plus storage configurations and quantify the impact of configuration on system net value.

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Denholm, Paul L. ^[1]; Margolis, Robert M. ^[1]; Eichman, Joshua D. ^[1]

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

Publication Date:: 2017-08-17

Research Org.:: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)

OSTI Identifier:: 1376049

Report Number(s):: NREL/TP-6A20-68737

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; solar; PV; energy storage

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                    Denholm, Paul L., Margolis, Robert M., and Eichman, Joshua D. Evaluating the Technical and Economic Performance of PV Plus Storage Power Plants.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Denholm, Paul L., Margolis, Robert M., & Eichman, Joshua D. Evaluating the Technical and Economic Performance of PV Plus Storage Power Plants.  United States.  doi:10.2172/1376049.

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