Engineering and economic evaluation of central-station photovoltaic power plants

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6938659

Stolte, W J ^[1]

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1. Bechtel Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)

This report describes the conceptual design, design optimization, and estimated cost and performance of three 50 MW photovoltaic power plants. The first design uses Fresnel lens/glass silo modules mounted on two-axis tracking arrays. The second design has all of the cells mounted on a central receiver on top of a single tower, with heliostats concentrating sunlight onto the receiver. Both designs are based on a similar advanced back-contact silicon concentrator cell developed under EPRI sponsorship. The third design uses thin-film copper indium diselenide flat-plate modules mounted on fixed-tilt array structures. The design and manufacture of the photovoltaic cells and modules are described, along with selection of the photovoltaic technologies, generating and cell manufacturing plant sites. Power system simulation and revenue requirement analyses are included for all of the plant designs.

• Research Organization: Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); Bechtel Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: EPRI; Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6938659
• Report Number(s): EPRI-TR-101255
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
COPPER SELENIDE SOLAR CELLS
MANUFACTURING
INDIUM SELENIDE SOLAR CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANTS
DESIGN
SILICON SOLAR CELLS
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
COST ESTIMATION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
FRESNEL LENS
HELIOSTATS
OPERATING COST
PERFORMANCE
THIN FILMS
COST
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ECONOMICS
EQUIPMENT
FILMS
LENSES
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
POWER PLANTS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR RECEIVERS
140600* - Solar Energy- Photovoltaic Power Systems
140501 - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion