Parabolic Trough Reference Plant for Cost Modeling with the Solar Advisor Model (SAM)

Technical Report · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/983729· OSTI ID:983729

Turchi, C

This report describes a component-based cost model developed for parabolic trough solar power plants. The cost model was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), assisted by WorleyParsons Group Inc., for use with NREL's Solar Advisor Model (SAM). This report includes an overview and explanation of the model, two summary contract reports from WorleyParsons, and an Excel spreadsheet for use with SAM. The cost study uses a reference plant with a 100-MWe capacity and six hours of thermal energy storage. Wet-cooling and dry-cooling configurations are considered. The spreadsheet includes capital and operating cost by component to allow users to estimate the impact of changes in component costs.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 983729
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-550-47605; KAXL-9-99206-01
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
CAPACITY
CAPITAL
COMPONENT-BASED
CONTRACTS
COST
COST MODELING
CSP
DRY COOLING
ENERGY STORAGE
Electricity, Resources, and Buildings Systems
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
NREL
OPERATING COST
PARABOLIC TROUGH
PLANTS
SIMULATION
SOLAR ADVISOR MODEL
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SPREADSHEET
Solar Energy - Thermal
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE
USES
WET COOLING
WORLEYPARSONS