Technoeconomic Cost Analysis of NREL Concentrating Solar Power Gen3 Liquid Pathway: Preprint

Chad Augustine; Devon Kesseli; Craig Turchi

Technoeconomic Cost Analysis of NREL Concentrating Solar Power Gen3 Liquid Pathway: Preprint

Chad Augustine, Devon Kesseli, Craig Turchi

Center for Energy Conversion and Storage Systems

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Abstract

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is leading the liquid (molten salt) power tower pathway for the U.S. Department of Energy's concentrating solar power Gen3 initiative. The Gen3 liquid pathway required updated designs to three major components: the tower and receiver, the thermal energy storage (TES) tanks, and the power cycle. We assume a 100 MWe net system output and used the System Advisor Model (SAM) to complete a technoeconomic cost analysis of the Gen3 liquid pathway design and estimate its LCOE. This paper summarizes the methodology and results of that analysis.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	11
State	Published - 2021
Event	26th SolarPACES Conference 2020 - Duration: 28 Sep 2020 → 2 Oct 2020

Conference

Conference	26th SolarPACES Conference 2020
Period	28/09/20 → 2/10/20

Bibliographical note

See NREL/CP-5700-83280 for paper as published in proceedings

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-5700-77852

Keywords

chloride salt
CSP
Gen3
SAM
solar

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Technoeconomic Cost Analysis of NREL Concentrating Solar Power Gen3 Liquid Pathway: Preprint

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