Preferences and Concerns of Potential Users in the Selection of Solar Thermal Systems for Industrial and Small Utility Applications

    Research output: NRELTechnical Report

    Abstract

    To achieve widespread application in the industrial and utility; sectors, solar systems must be economically competitive. Economic viability is, in turn, determined by a number of supporting criteria, ranging from system reliability to dispatch characteristics to how the system supports the main product line. In addition, solar systems possess some inherent attributes that may render some of thetraditional supporting criteria inappropriate or require their redefinition. This paper discusses those criteria and their relation to the solar investment in three steps. First, the main concerns and preferences of the potential users, as identified in recent SERI studies, are identified. Second, the equitability of the resulting decision criteria for solar investments are examined. Finally,the implications of these criteria for solar energy's penetration into these markets are discussed.
    Original languageAmerican English
    Number of pages13
    StatePublished - 1981

    NREL Publication Number

    • NREL/TP-731-1128

    Keywords

    • industrial applications
    • small utility applications
    • solar thermal systems

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