Market Characterization of Solar Industrial Process Heat Applications (Progress Report, Third Quarter 78-79)
- Solar Energy Research Inst. (SERI), Golden, CO (United States)
The goal of the Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Process Heat (IPH) program is to bring about system cost reductions for solar IPH technology and to identify near-term candidate industries for potential application. In support of this goal, the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) has taken an active role in the implementation of tasks directed at analyzing the needs and problems within the industrial energy market sector. One of the subtasks in support of the overall goal is the "IPH Market Characterization Analysis." The two primary objectives of this analysis are to: (1) identify the criteria, tradeoffs and economic methodology employed by industrial decision makers in the course of evaluating energy supply alternatives; and (2) establish the cost and performance goals that are necessary to successfully commercialize solar energy within the industrial market sector. Factors to be considered in the course of determining tradeoffs and economic methodology are anticipated solar energy system costs compared to conventional system costs, reliability in terms of required energy flow, current process energy requirements, and land and space availability. Present cost and performance goals will then be reviewed in light of the current industrial structure. The result of the review will lead to support of the goals already established or a restructuring of the established cost goals to bring them into agreement with what industry is willing to pay for an alternative energy source. The initial progress report presented an analysis of publicly available data sources to determine the specific industries in the United States that are the most energy intensive and, therefore, likely to have greater requirements for industrial process heat. Thus, the initial phase of the study presented a screening of industrial applications to determine the specific SIC codes that are the most likely candidates for solar IPH, based upon energy consumption for process heat (excluding electricity). The current study expands upon this data base through additional considerations determined by association and plant visits as well as the geographic location and thermal requirements of industrial processes.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Solar Energy Research Inst. (SERI), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308; EG-77-C-01-4042
- OSTI ID:
- 1847869
- Report Number(s):
- SERI/PR-722-411; MainId:66768; UUID:1801dce6-bdd1-e411-b769-d89d67132a6d; MainAdminID:48839
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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