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DOE SF 11436 2 Exec Summary; Report; September 1981.
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During the past decade, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and private sector corporations have funded extensive development of solar central receiver (SCR) technology to the pilot plant stage. Technical development activities and preliminary
- Industrial process heat (IPH) production
- Electric power generation
- Cogeneration of power and heat.
It is not yet clear how these markets will develop or how the SCR technology currently under development will best match these markets. To help address these uncertainties, this study provides an assessment of solar central receivers, focusing on technology development status, candidate manufacturers and suppliers, markets, and economic factors.
The goal of the DOE Solar Thermal Energy Systems program is to reduce the nation's dependence on scarce and imported fossil fuels by encouraging the development of a viable supply industry offering marketable solar thermal technologies. This program is currently developing four technologies that use concentrating collector concepts: hemispherical bowls, parabolic troughs and dishes, and SCRs.
SCR technology development is being supported by DOE through research and development of components and subsystems and funding of conceptual design studies. The 21 government-sponsored conceptual design studies, listed in Exhibit 1, assess the performance and economics of central receiver systems applied to site-specific utility, industrial, and cogeneration facilities.
Based on the conceptual design studies and this overall assessment, it is clear that the markets for IPH, cogeneration, and utility power generation in the southwest could be addressed by SCR technology.
Even though the market for SCRs has not yet developed, an industry of potential SCR vendors who are continuing SCR technical and market development is evolving to meet the potential demand for SCR equipment and services.
The major conclusion of this study is that there is a near-term utility market that could be supplied by SCR technology which can grow to include significant IPH applications in the 1990's. The implication for the DOE Solar Thermal Energy Systems program is that the acceptance of SCR technology will largely depend on the success of early demonstrations. Encouraged by successful demonstration, the growth of early utility market applications, such as the repowering of existing oil-fired generating stations, can provide the demand which will produce the economies of scale in heliostat production necessary to significantly penetrate IPH markets in the 1990's.
During the past decade, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and private sector corporations have funded extensive development of solar central receiver (SCR) technology to the pilot plant stage. Technical development activities and preliminary
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market evaluations suggest three major applications for SCR:- Industrial process heat (IPH) production
- Electric power generation
- Cogeneration of power and heat.
It is not yet clear how these markets will develop or how the SCR technology currently under development will best match these markets. To help address these uncertainties, this study provides an assessment of solar central receivers, focusing on technology development status, candidate manufacturers and suppliers, markets, and economic factors.
The goal of the DOE Solar Thermal Energy Systems program is to reduce the nation's dependence on scarce and imported fossil fuels by encouraging the development of a viable supply industry offering marketable solar thermal technologies. This program is currently developing four technologies that use concentrating collector concepts: hemispherical bowls, parabolic troughs and dishes, and SCRs.
SCR technology development is being supported by DOE through research and development of components and subsystems and funding of conceptual design studies. The 21 government-sponsored conceptual design studies, listed in Exhibit 1, assess the performance and economics of central receiver systems applied to site-specific utility, industrial, and cogeneration facilities.
Based on the conceptual design studies and this overall assessment, it is clear that the markets for IPH, cogeneration, and utility power generation in the southwest could be addressed by SCR technology.
Even though the market for SCRs has not yet developed, an industry of potential SCR vendors who are continuing SCR technical and market development is evolving to meet the potential demand for SCR equipment and services.
The major conclusion of this study is that there is a near-term utility market that could be supplied by SCR technology which can grow to include significant IPH applications in the 1990's. The implication for the DOE Solar Thermal Energy Systems program is that the acceptance of SCR technology will largely depend on the success of early demonstrations. Encouraged by successful demonstration, the growth of early utility market applications, such as the repowering of existing oil-fired generating stations, can provide the demand which will produce the economies of scale in heliostat production necessary to significantly penetrate IPH markets in the 1990's.
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