The Capacity Value of Solar Generation in the Western United States

Seyed Hossein Madaeni, Ramteen Sioshansi, Paul Denholm

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Abstract

We compare reliability- and capacity factor-based methods of estimating the capacity value of solar power plants. Our results show that solar plants can have long-term capacity values ranging between 46% and 95% of maximum capacity, depending on the solar technology, plant configuration, and location. We also show that the capacity-factor based methods provide reasonable approximations solar capacity values.

Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PES 2012 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 22 Jul 201226 Jul 2012

Conference

Conference2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PES 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period22/07/1226/07/12

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-6A20-53532

Keywords

  • Capacity value
  • concentrating solar power
  • equivalent conventional power
  • photovoltaic solar

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