CSP Plant Construction, Start-Up, and O&M Best Practices Study
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 Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1762457
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-5700-78858; MainId:32775; UUID:ad2a3d85-eb89-4885-9833-8187e9ba230d; MainAdminID:19167
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at SolarPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 1-4 October 2019, Daegu, South Korea
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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