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Title: Role of Concentrating Solar Power in Integrating Solar and Wind Energy: Preprint

Abstract

As wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) increase in penetration it is increasingly important to examine enabling technologies that can help integrate these resources at large scale. Concentrating solar power (CSP) when deployed with thermal energy storage (TES) can provide multiple services that can help integrate variable generation (VG) resources such as wind and PV. CSP with TES can provide firm, highly flexible capacity, reducing minimum generation constraints which limit penetration and results in curtailment. By acting as an enabling technology, CSP can complement PV and wind, substantially increasing their penetration in locations with adequate solar resource.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1215020
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-6A20-62791
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 4th Solar Integration Workshop, 11-13 November 2014, Berlin, Germany
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; solar; concentrating solar power; thermal energy storage; grid flexibility

Citation Formats

Denholm, P., and Mehos, M. Role of Concentrating Solar Power in Integrating Solar and Wind Energy: Preprint. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Denholm, P., & Mehos, M. Role of Concentrating Solar Power in Integrating Solar and Wind Energy: Preprint. United States.
Denholm, P., and Mehos, M. 2015. "Role of Concentrating Solar Power in Integrating Solar and Wind Energy: Preprint". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1215020.
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abstractNote = {As wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) increase in penetration it is increasingly important to examine enabling technologies that can help integrate these resources at large scale. Concentrating solar power (CSP) when deployed with thermal energy storage (TES) can provide multiple services that can help integrate variable generation (VG) resources such as wind and PV. CSP with TES can provide firm, highly flexible capacity, reducing minimum generation constraints which limit penetration and results in curtailment. By acting as an enabling technology, CSP can complement PV and wind, substantially increasing their penetration in locations with adequate solar resource.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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