Concentrating Solar Power Mark Mehos, Chuck Kutscher National Renewable Energy Laboratory www.nrel.gov/csp September 19, 2007
CSP Technologies and Market Sectors Dispatchable Generation Parabolic trough Power tower Non-Dispatchable Generation Dish/Engine
Value of Dispatchable Power? Meeting Utility Power Demands Solar Resource Generation w/ Thermal Storage Hourly Load Storage provides higher value because power production can match utility needs lower costs because storage is cheaper than incremental turbine costs 0 6 12 18 24
Parabolic Trough Output Profile Summer Day July 8, 2002 - Actual system load, modeled solar output based on actual DNI APS Load (MWe) 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 Net Solar Output (MWe) 0 0 0:00 6:00 12:00 18:00 0:00 APS Load MWe Solar Output Solar with TES
Parabolic Trough Output Profile Summer Day December 11, 2002 - Actual system load, modeled solar output based on actual DNI APS Load (MWe) 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 Net Solar Output (MWe) 0 0 0:00 6:00 12:00 18:00 0:00 APS Load MWe Solar Output Solar with TES
CSP Costs and Targets Current Costs Highly dependent on plant size, financing, incentives $.12-$.16/kwh nominal LCOE Goals CSP Proposed Baseload Initiative: intermediate power at 8-10 cents/kwh (nominal LCOE) by 2015 (5-year acceleration of current plan), and baseload power at about 6-8 cents/kwh (nominal LCOE) by 2020 (including systems with 60-75% capacity factor)
Parabolic Trough Technology Advances Advanced Selective Coatings Thermal emittance of 0.07 @ 400C Absorptance of 95% Transmittance of 96% Advanced Concentrator Designs Increased size (EuroTrough) Improved mirror reflectivity (95% + 96% cleanliness) Molten-Salt Heat Transfer Fluids and Thermal Storage Molten-Salt (Hitec) HTF at 500ºC Single tank thermocline TES system
Parabolic Trough Potential Cost Reductions Real Levelized Cost of Energy (2006 $/kwh) 0.14 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.05 25% 35% 45% 55% 65% 75% Annual Capacity Factor Baseline 100 MWe 2-Tank Indirect Molten-salt Thermocline @ 500C Power Park 4x200 Baseline Plus Advanced Solar Tech Scale-up to 200 MWe Power Park w/ 3X Learning
How Does CSP Stack Up? Real Levelized Cost of Energy (2006 $/kwh) 0.15 0.14 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.05 25% 35% 45% 55% 65% 75% 85% Annual Capacity Factor Baseline 2:Tank Indirect Molten-salt Thermocline @ 500C Power Park 4x200 Power Park w/ 3X Learning Conventional Gas Combined Cycle Pulverized Coal Sequestered Gas Combined Cycle Sequestered Coal IGCC New Nuclear Power
U.S. Market Analysis Focused Initially on the Southwest Region
Southwest Solar Resources (With all Filters) Result: 7,000 GW (7X U.S. capacity)! Source: Western Governors Association study
Southwest Solar Energy Potential Solar Land Area Solar Capacity Generation Capacity State (mi 2 ) (MW) GWh AZ 19,279 2,467,663 5,836,517 CA 6,853 877,204 2,074,763 CO 2,124 271,903 643,105 NV 5,589 715,438 1,692,154 NM 15,156 1,939,970 4,588,417 TX 1,162 148,729 351,774 UT 3,564 456,147 1,078,879 Total 53,727 6,877,055 16,265,611 Seattle The table and map represent land that has no primary use today, exclude land with slope > 1%, and do not count sensitive lands. Solar Energy Resource 6.75 Capacity assumes 5 acres/mw Generation assumes 27% annual capacity factor 500 km km1500 600 Chicago Salt Lake 1000 km 1500 km Dallas 3000 km 3000 km Boston Long distance HVDC tie would add roughly 1.5 cents/kwh to cost of CSP Miami
Deployment of 80 GW of CSP
European Transmission Studies Concentrating Solar Power for the Mediterranean Region, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 2005
Operating Central Station Systems The Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) at Kramer Junction, CA (SEGS III-VII) Five 30MW hybrid trough plants for a total of 150MW Capacity Commissioned 1986-1988 Performance has increased with time Four additional SEGS plants located in two locations (Daggett, Harper Lake) for combined total of nine plants and 354 MW capacity
SEGS Deployment & Production Solar Thermal Capacity 500 400 300 200 100 0 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 Annual Electricity Generation GWhr Capacity in MW 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 YEAR 100 0 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Generation (GWh) in YEAR Solar Electric Generation Stations (SEGS) Deployment and power production 1985 2002.
1-MW Arizona Trough Plant near Tucson, AZ
64 MWe Solargenix Parabolic Trough Plant
50 MW AndaSol-1 Parabolic Trough Plant w/ 7-hr Storage Andalucia, Spain
Solucar PS10 Power Tower Sevilla, Spain
Solucar 50 MW Trough Project Sevilla, Spain First of 5 x 50MW parabolic trough plants under construction by Solucar
CSP Projects mid 2007 U.S. projects: enabled by 30% investment tax credit and State renewable portfolio standards State RPS Requirement Arizona 15% by 2025 California 20% by 2010 Colorado 20% by 2020 Nevada 20% by 2015, 5% Solar New Mexico 20% by 2015 Texas 5,880MW (~4.2%) by 2015 Utility/State Arizona Public Service (APS) Capacity (MW) Technology - Status 1 Trough completed and in operation 2006 (Acciona) Nevada Power 64 Trough completed and in operation June 2007 (Acciona) Southern Cal Edison San Diego Gas & Electric Pacific Gas & Electric Pacific Gas & Electric SW Utility joint venture (APS) New Mexico Utility Joint Venture 500-850 Dish signed power purchase agreement (SES) 300-900 Dish signed power purchase agreement (SES) 550 Trough signed power purchase agreement (Solel) 500 Tower MOU signed (Bright Source) Est. 250 TBD multiple expressions of interest submitted 50-500 TBD initial stages
CSP Projects International Country/Company Capacity (MW) Technology -Status Spain: Solar Millenium 4 x 50MW with storage Trough Andosol 1 &2 under construction. Spain: Abengoa/Solucar 5 x 50MW Trough 1 st plant under construction Spain: Abengoa/Solucar 11MW &20MW Power Tower (saturated steam) PS10 operational. PS20 under construction Spain: SENER 17MW Power Tower (molten salt) contract terms under discussion Spain: various TBD Projects under various stages of development due to tariff for 500MWs of CSP capacity. Cap likely to be raised to 1000MWs. Algeria: Abener 150MW Integrated Solar Combined Cycle System (ISCCS) 25MW Solar Capacity Egypt: TBD 140MW ISCCS 25MW Solar Capacity, negotiations in progress Mexico: TBD TBD ISCCS RFP issued Morocco: TBD 230MW ISCCS 35 MW Solar Capacity Israel: Solel 2 x 125MW Trough Northern Negev. Waiting approval from Interior Ministry Australia: SHP 15MW,th Linear Fresnel under construction for integration into feed water heaters in existing coal plant Greece: TBD TBD Tariff for CSP recently enacted. Similar in design to Spanish feed-in tariff
Questions? Mark Mehos National Renewable Energy Laboratory mark_mehos@nrel.gov (303) 384-7458 www.nrel.gov/csp
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U.S. Renewable Electricity Generation in 2030 Percent of Grid Technology Energy in 2030 Concentrating Solar Power* 7 Photovoltaics 7 Wind 20 Biomass* 8 Geothermal* 9 Total 51 *Can provide baseload or near-baseload power
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