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LCOE reduction potential of parabolic trough and solar tower CSP technology until 2025

Dieckmann, Simon and Dersch, Jürgen and Giuliano, Stefano and Puppe, Michael and Lüpfert, Eckhard and Hennecke, Klaus and Pitz-Paal, Robert and Taylor, Michael and Ralon, Pablo (2017) LCOE reduction potential of parabolic trough and solar tower CSP technology until 2025. In: AIP Conference Proceedings, 1850. 22nd SolarPACES Conference, 11.-14. Okt. 2016, Abu Dhabi, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate. doi: 10.1063/1.4984538.

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Official URL: http://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4984538

Abstract

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP), with an installed capacity of 4.9 GW by 2015, is a young technology compared to other renewable power generation technologies. A limited number of plants and installed capacity in a small challenging market environment make reliable and transparent cost data for CSP difficult to obtain. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the DLR German Aerospace Center gathered and evaluated available cost data from various sources for this publication in order to yield transparent, reliable and up-to-date cost data for a set of reference parabolic trough and solar tower plants in the year 2015 [1]. Each component of the power plant is analyzed for future technical innovations and cost reduction potential based on current R&D activities, ongoing commercial developments and growth in market scale. The derived levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for 2015 and 2025 are finally contrasted with published power purchase agreements (PPA) of the NOOR II+III power plants in Morocco. At 7.5% weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and 25 years economic life time, the levelized costs of electricity for plants with 7.5 (trough) respectively 9 (tower) full-load hours thermal storage capacity decrease from 14-15 $-ct/kWh today to 9-10 $-ct/kWh by 2025 for both technologies at direct normal irradiation of 2500 kWh/(m²·a). The capacity factor increases from 41.1% to 44.6% for troughs and from 45.5% to 49.0% for towers. Financing conditions are a major cost driver and offer potential for further cost reduction with the maturity of the technology and low interest rates (6-7 $-ct/kWh for 2% WACC at 2500 kWh/(m²·a) in 2025).

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/108717/
Document Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Title:LCOE reduction potential of parabolic trough and solar tower CSP technology until 2025
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iD
Dieckmann, SimonUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9504-8626
Dersch, JürgenUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0346-1235
Giuliano, StefanoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Puppe, MichaelUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lüpfert, EckhardUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Hennecke, KlausUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pitz-Paal, RobertUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3542-3391
Taylor, MichaelInternational Renewable Energy AgencyUNSPECIFIED
Ralon, PabloInternational Renewable Energy AgencyUNSPECIFIED
Date:2017
Journal or Publication Title:AIP Conference Proceedings
Refereed publication:Yes
Open Access:Yes
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:No
In ISI Web of Science:Yes
Volume:1850
DOI:10.1063/1.4984538
Status:Published
Keywords:CSP, CAPEX, OPEX, solar thermal electricity, cost estimation, LCOE, levelized cost of electricity
Event Title:22nd SolarPACES Conference
Event Location:Abu Dhabi, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Event Type:international Conference
Event Dates:11.-14. Okt. 2016
HGF - Research field:Energy
HGF - Program:Renewable Energies
HGF - Program Themes:Concentrating Solar Thermal Technology
DLR - Research area:Energy
DLR - Program:E SF - Solar research
DLR - Research theme (Project):E - Advanced Heat Transfer Media (old)
Location: Köln-Porz
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Solar Research > Linienfokussierende Systeme
Deposited By: Dieckmann, Simon
Deposited On:05 Dec 2016 12:37
Last Modified:31 Jul 2019 20:05

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