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CSP Plant Construction, Start-Up, and O&M Best Practices Study

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0028859· OSTI ID:1762457
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There are currently 90 operational CSP plants of 10 MW or larger located throughout the world, primarily in Spain, U.S., MENA region, South Africa, and China. In 2018, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded Solar Dynamics, under subcontract to NREL, to investigate and document lessons learned and best practices associated with the construction, start-up, and operations phases of a majority of these plants. DOE funding for the effort was leveraged by additional funds provided through SolarPACES and the World Bank. This information was obtained by interviewing key stakeholders representing CSP plant owners, operators, construction companies, vendors, technical advisors and financers of these systems, and will be published as an NREL Technical Report at the completion of the project. This paper provides an overview of key challenges facing today's CSP parabolic trough and power tower technologies during all the phases mentioned above.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1762457
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5700-78858; MainId:32775; UUID:ad2a3d85-eb89-4885-9833-8187e9ba230d; MainAdminID:19167
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

The first version of the SolarPACES guideline for bankable STE Yield assessment
  • Hirsch, Tobias; Bachelier, Camille; Eck, Markus
  • SOLARPACES 2016: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, AIP Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4984548
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