The Capacity Value of Solar Generation in the Western United States

Seyed Hossein Madaeni; Ramteen Sioshansi; Paul Denholm

doi:10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345521

The Capacity Value of Solar Generation in the Western United States

Seyed Hossein Madaeni, Ramteen Sioshansi, Paul Denholm

Grid Planning and Analysis Center

Ohio State University

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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 language	American English
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345521 https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345521
State	Published - 2012
Event	2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PES 2012 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 22 Jul 2012 → 26 Jul 2012

Conference

Conference	2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PES 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	22/07/12 → 26/07/12

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NREL/CP-6A20-53532

Keywords

Capacity value
concentrating solar power
equivalent conventional power
photovoltaic solar

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