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1. Utility-Scale Solar Power Plants with Storage : Cost Comparison and Growth Forecast Analysis
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : Renewable energy for energy production, like Solar, is turning out to be very pertinent in today's world [1]. It is very clear that Solar Energy is going to emerge as one of the key sources of energy in future. Moreover, the storage option is going to play an essential role to the future deployment of solar power plants. READ MORE
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2. Introducing a central receiver system for industrial high-temperature process heat applications : A techno-economic case study of a large-scale CST plant system in a South African manganese sinter plant
University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologiAbstract : The objective of this thesis was to investigate the potential for introducing a concentrating solar thermal (CST) central receiver plant system based on flexible heliostats - HelioPods - to provide high-temperature process heat in industrial applications. A CST plant system was designed in MATLAB, optically simulated for three design days in the ray-tracing software Tonatiuh and further analyzed in MATLAB by interpolating the results for each hour of the year. READ MORE
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3. An Analysis of Climate Change and its Effects on the Electricity Generation : Supporting a CLEWs assessment in Ghana
University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologiAbstract : Sustainable, effective and affordable access to energy plays a significant role when it comes to improving people's living conditions, and supporting human and economic development. Therefore, the access and availability of electricity is an important factor and indicator of how well developed a country is. READ MORE
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4. Comparison of Utility-scale Solar Power Generation Technologies in Yunnan Province, China
University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologiAbstract : The present work delivers a comparison between two solar power technologies, namely photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP), for various practical cases in the Chinese province of Yunnan. The comparison includes the cost of power generation variability in the project economics to make a fair comparison between the alternatives. READ MORE
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5. Development and application of a multidomaindynamic model for direct steamgeneration solar power plant
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : Nowadays, one of the solutions considered in order to face the issue of global warming and to move towards a carbon neutral society relies on the use of solar energy as a renewable and bountiful primary source. And, if photovoltaic technologies account for a large part in the solar energy market, recent years have witnessed the growth of non-concentrated and concentrated solar thermal technologies. READ MORE
