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Difference between revisions of "Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) - Basics and Introduction"
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Solar Thermal Power Plants are large scale renewable energy infrastructures using heat produced by contracted solar beams (CSP - Concentrated Solar Power). Mirrors concentrate solar beam on a receiver. The produced heat with temparatures of 400ºC to 1000ºC can be used directly, be transformed into electricity or stored. | Solar Thermal Power Plants are large scale renewable energy infrastructures using heat produced by contracted solar beams (CSP - Concentrated Solar Power). Mirrors concentrate solar beam on a receiver. The produced heat with temparatures of 400ºC to 1000ºC can be used directly, be transformed into electricity or stored. | ||
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Greenpeace, Solarpaces and ESTELA elaborated scenarios for the market potential and cost degression of the CSP technology with a timeline to 2050. According to the ambitious scenario costs per installed kW could come down from 3.060 € in 2015 to 2.160€ in 2050 ([http://www.greenpeace.de/themen/energie/nachrichten/artikel/wuestenstrom_von_der_vision_zur_wirklichkeit-1/ Greenpeace, Solarpaces, ESTELA, (2009])). | Greenpeace, Solarpaces and ESTELA elaborated scenarios for the market potential and cost degression of the CSP technology with a timeline to 2050. According to the ambitious scenario costs per installed kW could come down from 3.060 € in 2015 to 2.160€ in 2050 ([http://www.greenpeace.de/themen/energie/nachrichten/artikel/wuestenstrom_von_der_vision_zur_wirklichkeit-1/ Greenpeace, Solarpaces, ESTELA, (2009])). | ||
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| − | The MENA region with its high level of solar radiation is the target of different initiatives to develop CSP on a large scale. This is a chance to improve the economic and social situation of the region itself. A recent study assesses the manufacturing capabilities and potentials for different CSP components in the MENA region. The study concentrates on the glass and mirror industry, electronic and electrical industry as wells as steel industry and in terms of countries on Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan. ([http://arabworld.worldbank.org/content/dam/awi/pdf/CSP_MENA__report_17_Jan2011.pdf Worldbank, ESMAP (2011)).] | + | The MENA region with its high level of solar radiation is the target of different initiatives to develop CSP on a large scale. This is a chance to improve the economic and social situation of the region itself. A recent study assesses the manufacturing capabilities and potentials for different CSP components in the MENA region. The study concentrates on the glass and mirror industry, electronic and electrical industry as wells as steel industry and in terms of countries on Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan. ([http://arabworld.worldbank.org/content/dam/awi/pdf/CSP_MENA__report_17_Jan2011.pdf Worldbank, ESMAP (2011)).] The study assumes that the major factor for the development of a local CSP industry in the MENA countries is the fast rising of installed CSP capacity in the region. The most optimistic scenario with 2 GW of installed CSP capacity in 2020 shows that local manufactured added value of CSP plants could reach almost 60 percent of the value chain by 2020. This equates to US$14.3 billion of additional industrial value added and a creation of permanent 64,000 to 79,000 local jobs ( |
Revision as of 13:16, 3 March 2011
Technology
Solar Thermal Power Plants are large scale renewable energy infrastructures using heat produced by contracted solar beams (CSP - Concentrated Solar Power). Mirrors concentrate solar beam on a receiver. The produced heat with temparatures of 400ºC to 1000ºC can be used directly, be transformed into electricity or stored.
Costs of CSP Plants
Greenpeace, Solarpaces and ESTELA elaborated scenarios for the market potential and cost degression of the CSP technology with a timeline to 2050. According to the ambitious scenario costs per installed kW could come down from 3.060 € in 2015 to 2.160€ in 2050 (Greenpeace, Solarpaces, ESTELA, (2009)).
Local Manufacturing Potential
The MENA region with its high level of solar radiation is the target of different initiatives to develop CSP on a large scale. This is a chance to improve the economic and social situation of the region itself. A recent study assesses the manufacturing capabilities and potentials for different CSP components in the MENA region. The study concentrates on the glass and mirror industry, electronic and electrical industry as wells as steel industry and in terms of countries on Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan. (Worldbank, ESMAP (2011)). The study assumes that the major factor for the development of a local CSP industry in the MENA countries is the fast rising of installed CSP capacity in the region. The most optimistic scenario with 2 GW of installed CSP capacity in 2020 shows that local manufactured added value of CSP plants could reach almost 60 percent of the value chain by 2020. This equates to US$14.3 billion of additional industrial value added and a creation of permanent 64,000 to 79,000 local jobs (
