The heat can then be used to create steam to drive a turbine to produce electrical power or used as industrial process heat. Like many new technologies, there are challenges in bringing it to market. Department of energy this report is being disseminated by the department of energy. The study found that concentrated solar power could account for up to 25% of the worlds energy needs by 2050. The workshops aim to provide decision makers across the mena region with key information about concentrated solar power technology, financing, and systemwide value in the mena. Introduction to concentrating solar power csp technology. Today, roughly 1,815 megawatts mw ac of csp plants are in. This study, as such, investigates the potential, performance, and economic analyses of four csp technologies for. Csp plants generate electric power by using mirrors to concentrate focus the suns energy and convert it. Lowcost incentives can spur innovation in the solar market. Concentrated solar power csp, also known as concentrating solar power, concentrated solar thermal systems generate solar power by using mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight onto a receiver. Csp uses only the beam component of solar radiation direct normal irradiance, and so its maximum.
Pdf concentrated solar power csp innovation analysis in. The transformation of the power sector requires innovation across the whole sector higher solar and wind share increased system. Concentrating solar power plants can integrate thermal energy. High temparature concentrated solar thermal power plan with particle receiver and direct thermal storage to accelerate the fight against global climate change, and to reach the new eu target of 27% of renewable energies by 2030, europe needs to rapidly expand the use of all renewable energy sources. Concentrating solar power csp plants use mirrors to concentrate the suns energy to drive traditional steam turbines or engines that create electricity. This technology is proving to be disruptive the field of csp, with many countries and companies opting for installing dish technology as it is more efficient in conversion and storage of heat. The workshops aim to provide decision makers across the mena region with key information about concentrated solar power technology, financing, and systemwide value in the mena region and other regions actively developing csp. An additional 4 gigawatts has been deployed internationally. An eightstep innovation plan for achieving a renewablespowered future summarises the main recommendations for policy makers.
Concentrating solar power csp technology is poised to take its place as one of the major contributors to the future clean energy mix. In pakistan, the utilization of renewable energy sources is increasing in order to reduce the electricity supply and demand gap. Performance and economic analysis of concentrated solar power. This technology is proving to be disruptive the field of csp, with many countries and companies opting for installing dish technology as it. However, most of the concentrated solar power plants in operation today are still at the prototype or demonstration phase and are dependent upon subsidies to make them. Innovation landscape for a renewablepowered future innovation is the engine powering the global energy transformation. Innovation in concentrating thermal solar power csp 01 december 2008 robert palgrave.
Electricity is generated when the concentrated light is converted to heat solar thermal energy, which drives a heat engine usually a steam turbine connected to an electrical power. Using straightforward manufacturing processes, csp technology capitalises on conventional power generation cycles, whilst cost effectively matching supply and demand though the integration of thermal energy storage. Concentrating solar power commercial application study. Researchers at the national renewable energy laboratory nrel provide scientific, engineering, and analytical expertise to help advance innovation in concentrating solar power csp technologies. A solar thermal power plant was already constructed close to cairo at the beginning of the 20th century. Concentrated solar power tower installation costs drop on. The solar energy technologies office seto supports research and development of concentrating solarthermal power csp technologies that reduce the cost of solar energy. Reducing water consumption of concentrating solar power electricity generation report to congress u.
Innovation in concentrating solar power technologies. At the forefront of innovation concentrated solar power. The solar energy technologies office seto supports research and development of concentrating solar thermal power csp technologies that reduce the cost of solar energy. California solel is constructing a 553mw complex of parabolic. In chapter 20 we introduce different concepts related to solar thermal energy. Moreover, the pace of developing and introducing better, more efficient renewable energy technologies is accelerating around the world.
Concentrated solar power systems use lenses or mirrors and solar tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. International energy agency and nuclear energy agency. Fulfilling the promise of concentrating solar power. The reports provide valuable insights into the current state of deployment, types of technologies available and their costs and performance. The potential contribution of concentrating solar power plants to a more. Dec 01, 2008 innovation in concentrating thermal solar power csp 01 december 2008 robert palgrave. These technologies capture sunlight to produce heat that drives todays conventional thermoelectric generation systems or future advanced generation. Europe ruled the global market for concentrated solar power, by way of more than 45% set up capacity of the world. The increase in investment would be from 2 billion worldwide to 92. European research on concentrated solar thermal energy.
Concentrated solar thermal cst is a solar energy technology that uses sunlight to generate heat. Csp innovation needs, therefore, to be reactivated and for this it is necessary to reduce costs via a combination of technology improvements, volumes deployed. Photovoltaic cells convert light into an electric current using the photovoltaic effect. The analysis is based on a range of data sources with the objective of. Concentrating solar power in developing countries open. A pipe is run through at this point, through which a fluid with the ability to store heat. More and better research, to develop and demonstrate new and innovative. The middle east and north africa concentrated solar power. View the concentrating solarthermal power fact sheet pdf. In this paper, the operation mechanism and operational constraints of the csp plant are specified. Chapter 2 overview of concentrating solar thermal technologies. Dayahead robust economic dispatch considering renewable.
Pdf innovation in concentrated solar power pieter stroeve. Concentrated solar thermal australian renewable energy. Solar energ mater solar cell this work focuses on innovation in csp technologies over the last decade. Organisation for economic cooperation and development. Dish technology is the most recent innovation in the concentrated solar power market, and is expected to surpass usd 297.
Initiative for global leadership in concentrated solar power. These technologies have to be picked sitespecific and shall be discussed here. Better understanding the innovative process of renewable energy technologies is important for tackling climate change. Concentrated solar power tower installation costs drop on heliostat innovations, preassembly innovative heliostat designs, smart software, and preassembly installation methods are cutting material and labor costs while competitive tenders are pressuring supply margins, industry experts said. Projected costs of generating electricity edition 2015. Concentrated solar power market size, analysis industry. Next generation of concentrated solar power technologies mdpi.
Concentrated solar power csp innovation analysis in south africa article pdf available in south african journal of industrial engineering 282. Solar power is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics pv, indirectly using concentrated solar power, or a combination. Request pdf innovation in concentrated solar power. Alternative methods of solar energy are discussed in part v. A good overview is provided by the international energy agency in its technology roadmap on concentrating solar power. Concentrating solar power csp systems use combinations of mirrors or lenses to concentrate direct beam solar radiation to produce forms of useful energy such as heat, electricity or fuels by various downstream technologies. So the world bank, with support from the clean technology fund, is launching a knowledge and innovation program to help lay the. Changes in technology also mean that solar power, with the correct financing, could bring transformational change to household energy needs. Concentrated solar power has been under investigation for several decades, and is based on a simple general scheme. Receiver and generator concentrator individual dishengine systems. A concentrated solar power csp plant with energy storage systems has excellent scheduling flexibility and superiority to traditional thermal power generation systems. Csp technologies can be used to generate electricity by converting energy from sunlight to power a turbine, but it can also be used as heat in a variety of industrial applications, like water desalination, enhanced oil. Concentrated solar power is a longstanding yet innovative technology that we have improved to make it even more efficient. Review on solar pv cell international journal of innovative.
Using parabolic mirrors, the power plant captured and concentrated solar energy and used it to heat oil for boiling water. The crescent dunes concentrating solar power plant in nevada uses molten salt technology to store heat and generate electricity and can provide power to 75,000 homes during peak operations. This plant was erected over an area of 7 km 2 and feeds about 800 million kwh per year into the grid. Concentrating solar power csp technologies use mirrors to concentrate focus the suns light energy and convert it into heat to create steam to drive a turbine that generates electrical power. The term concentrating solar power is often used synonymously with concentrating solar thermal power.
Department of energy solar energy technologies office seto supports earlystage. A novel csp heliostat goes from lab to market in just 5. Concentrating solar power parabolic reflector technologies nevada solar one is the 3rd largest parabolic solar power plant in the world. This ability to readily dispatch power cannot be matched by any other re source at present, implying an important role for csp as a balancing electricity generation source in the repowered energy mix of the future. Innovation in concentrated solar power sciencedirect. As such, the document was prepared in compliance with section 515 of the treasury and general government. Renewables are becoming the goto option for many countries in their. Fulfilling the promise of concentrating solar power lowcost incentives can spur innovation in the solar market by sean pool and john dos passos coggin may 20.
A comparative study on photovoltaic and concentrated solar. Future power plants arizona abengoa solar is constructing a 280mw parabolic trough project with 6hour molten salt storage. Solar one operated successfully from this concentrating solar power system uses mirrors to focus highly concentrated sunlight onto a receiver that converts the suns heat into energy. Sener, a hightech company with innovation as its main distinguishing feature, which lists facing up to new challenges as one of its driving forces, was soon attracted to the opportunities for development to be found in a new form of power. Banks ctfsupported mena csp knowledge and innovation program. Concentrating solar power csp technology energypedia. It works based on a simple principle whereby a parabolic mirror concentrates the suns rays into a single point called the fire point, generating a temperature of around 550c. A strategic industrial development opportunity for south africa page 7 power. In chapter 21, which is the last chapter of the regular text, we discuss solar fuels, which allow to store solar energy on the long term in the form of chemical energy. All concentrating solar power csp technologies use a mirror configuration to concentrate the suns light energy onto a receiver and convert it into heat. The hami csp project connected to the grid on the last day of december, 2019, featuring a novel heliostat design it is rare for an innovation in concentrated solar power csp to go from the lab to commercial in just 5 years. The thermal energy concentrated in a csp plant can be stored and used to produce electricity when it is needed, day or night. For countries, like those in the mena regions, with significant solar resources, csp technologies offer great potential to meet national goals for clean, secure, and affordable energy. Innovation in concentrating thermal solar power csp.
Pdf concentrated solar power csp innovation analysis. Concentrated solar power technologies offer great potential to meet global and national goals for clean, secure and affordable energy. Spain is the leader in concentrated solar power technology, with more than 50 governmentapproved projects in the works. Furthermore, the uncertainty of the solar energy received by the solar field is considered and a robust economic dispatch model. However, concentrated solar power csp generation has not been considered in the country even though it has gained considerable attention worldwide. Spain is the world leader in the use of cst to produce electricity, with around 2. Sahara desert is sufficient in order to meet the worlds electricity requirements with solar thermal power plants. The biggest obstacle to advancing potential costcutting improvements in novel csp technologies is getting them deployed in commercial projects. Concentrated solar power csp technologies produce electricity by concentrating the suns rays to heat a medium usually a liquid or gas that is then used in a heat engine process steam or gas turbine to drive an electrical generator. Initiative for global leadership in concentrated solar power 3 p a g e csp will give a significant contribution to help meet the energy needs of large parts of the world, creating a potentially very important export sector for the european industry and supporting the decarbonisation agenda of the paris agreement. The heat transfer fluid links the solar collectors to the power generation system, carrying thermal energy from each collector to a central steam generator or thermal. Though concentrating solar power is receiving growing interest, innovation studies so far have explored innovative activity in solar technologies in general, ignoring the major differences between solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies. Performance and economic analysis of concentrated solar. In concentrating solar power csp power plant design there are four main collector technologies that are being applied.