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dc.contributor.authorPoullikkas, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorHadjipaschalis, Ioannis
dc.contributor.authorKourtis, George
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-29T09:46:50Z
dc.date.available2016-02-29T09:46:50Z
dc.date.issued2010-06
dc.identifier.citationPoullikkas, Andreas, Ioannis Hadjipaschalis, and George Kourtis. "The cost of integration of parabolic trough CSP plants in isolated Mediterranean power systems." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 14, no. 5 (2010): 1469–1476.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1364-0321
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/8158
dc.description.abstractIn this work, a technical and economic analysis concerning the integration of parabolic trough concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies, with or without thermal storage capability, in an existing typical small isolated Mediterranean power generation system, in the absence of a feed-in tariff scheme, is carried out. In addition to the business as usual (BAU) scenario, five more scenarios are examined in the analysis in order to assess the electricity unit cost with the penetration of parabolic trough CSP plants of 50 MWe or 100 MWe, with or without thermal storage capability. Based on the input data and assumptions made, the simulations indicated that the scenario with the utilization of a single parabolic trough CSP plant (either 50 MWe or 100 MWe and with or without thermal storage capability) in combination with BAU will effect an insignificant change in the electricity unit cost of the generation system compared to the BAU scenario. In addition, a sensitivity analysis on natural gas price, showed that increasing fuel prices and the existence of thermal storage capability in the CSP plant make this scenario marginally more economically attractive compared to the BAU scenario.en_US
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dc.relation.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032110000043en_US
dc.subjectSolar energyen_US
dc.subjectSolar thermal power plantsen_US
dc.subjectCSPen_US
dc.subjectRenewable energy sourcesen_US
dc.titleThe cost of integration of parabolic trough CSP plants in isolated Mediterranean power systemsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.rser.2010.01.003


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