Cost and Transmission Requirements for Reliable Solar Electricity from Deserts in China and the United States
Labordena M, Lilliestam J (2015)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2015
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Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Book Volume: 76
Pages Range: 77-86
Conference Proceedings Title: Energy Procedia
Event location: Vienna
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.850
Abstract
Concentrating solar power (CSP) with thermal storage can help integrate the increasing amounts of intermittent renewables in China and the US. An interconnected fleet of CSP stations in the deserts of China and the US can supply fully dispatchable or baseload electricity for the demand centers, via long-distance HVDC lines. In China the solar power cost at the point of delivery is at or below 20 $c/kWh, if the CSP fleet utilizes the solar resources in Tibet. In the US regional weather patterns make it economically unfeasible, although technically possible, to generate fully dispatchable CSP.
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APA:
Labordena, M., & Lilliestam, J. (2015). Cost and Transmission Requirements for Reliable Solar Electricity from Deserts in China and the United States. In Viktor Bruckman, Suzanne Hangx, Maria Ask, Michael Kuhn (Eds.), Energy Procedia (pp. 77-86). Vienna, AU: Elsevier Ltd.
MLA:
Labordena, Mercè, and Johan Lilliestam. "Cost and Transmission Requirements for Reliable Solar Electricity from Deserts in China and the United States." Proceedings of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, EGU 2015, Vienna Ed. Viktor Bruckman, Suzanne Hangx, Maria Ask, Michael Kuhn, Elsevier Ltd, 2015. 77-86.
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