Potential of CSP power plants in KSA and their ability to provide cheap, dispatchable and secure energy in comparison with PV

Esmail M.A. Mokheimer; Manuel Quero; Mohammad Raghib Shakeel; Fahad S. Al-Ismail; Nicholas A. Fryars

doi:10.1063/5.0028553

Potential of CSP power plants in KSA and their ability to provide cheap, dispatchable and secure energy in comparison with PV

Esmail M.A. Mokheimer^*, Manuel Quero, Mohammad Raghib Shakeel, Fahad S. Al-Ismail, Nicholas A. Fryars

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Thermo-economic performance of a Parabolic trough collector and Solar tower based concentrated solar power (CSP) plant is compared a Photovoltaic (PV) based plant. The three technologies are simulated with and without storage. The evaluation was done for three cities of Saudi Arabia, namely, Tabuk, Taif and Dhahran, each of them with different solar radiation. The results show a clear relationship between the radiation and the electrical energy generation, but also between energy storage system and the expectation of the plant to meet its demand. The paper presents the methodology used for the three technologies and the comparison of the results, with special attention to the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCoE) and the Annual Load Supply Factor (ALSF). PV with 9 hours of storage was found to have the highest ALSF but with highest LCoE, making it uneconomical in comparison to Solar Tower (ST) and Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC) plants. Amongst the plants with ALSF greater than 0.5, ST with 9 hours of storage was found to provide the least LCoE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SOLARPACES 2019
Subtitle of host publication	International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
Editors	Christoph Richter
Publisher	American Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9780735440371
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0028553
State	Published - 11 Dec 2020

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	2303
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Mokheimer, E. M. A., Quero, M., Shakeel, M. R., Al-Ismail, F. S., & Fryars, N. A. (2020). Potential of CSP power plants in KSA and their ability to provide cheap, dispatchable and secure energy in comparison with PV. In C. Richter (Ed.), SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems Article 0028553 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 2303). American Institute of Physics Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0028553

Mokheimer, Esmail M.A. ; Quero, Manuel ; Shakeel, Mohammad Raghib et al. / Potential of CSP power plants in KSA and their ability to provide cheap, dispatchable and secure energy in comparison with PV. SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems. editor / Christoph Richter. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2020. (AIP Conference Proceedings).

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Potential of CSP power plants in KSA and their ability to provide cheap, dispatchable and secure energy in comparison with PV. / Mokheimer, Esmail M.A.; Quero, Manuel; Shakeel, Mohammad Raghib et al.
SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems. ed. / Christoph Richter. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2020. 0028553 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 2303).

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Potential of CSP power plants in KSA and their ability to provide cheap, dispatchable and secure energy in comparison with PV

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