Renewable energy source (RES) based electrical power plants are widely considered green
and clean due to their contribution to decarbonizing the energy sectors. It is apparent that …

The solar thermal power plant is one of the promising renewable energy options to
substitute the increasing demand of conventional energy. The cost per kW of solar power is …

This paper surveys economic assessments of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies
and finds two dominant assessment methods. A majority of studies reported in the literature …

Concentrating solar power plant coupling with thermal energy storage is a new and
emerging technology in the renewable energy field. A multitude of research works focus on …

Concentrating solar power (CSP) provides the ability to incorporate simple, efficient, and
cost-effective thermal energy storage (TES) by virtue of converting sunlight to heat as an …

The present article is a critical literature review about studies which are based on LCA (life
cycle assessment) and about studies which include environmental issues about …

In a typical thermal energy storage system, a heat transfer fluid is usually used to
deposit/extract heat when it flows through a packed bed of solid thermal storage material. A …

Geothermal power plants often deploy less than their full power capacity due to declining
geothermal resources. Integrating heat from a concentrating solar power (CSP) collector …

Supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2) Brayton cycles are considered to be a potentially viable
option for reducing the cost of electricity generation from solar power tower plants, owing to …

The present study conducts a comprehensive comparative techno-economic analysis of
some near-term sensible thermal energy storage (TES) alternatives to the 'standard'two-tank …