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The EU is committed to generating 20% of energy from renewable sources by the year 2020
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Renewables Targets
Solar-Resources
Concentrated Solar Power
Lack of cooling water
Objectives
Current Dry Cooling Technology
Proposed Technology
Impact
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| Solar Resources |
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Every year, 630,000 terawatt hours of solar energy falls on the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa. Europe consumes a mere 0.6 percent of the solar energy falling in this region.
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Renewables Targets
Solar-Resources
Concentrated Solar Power
Lack of cooling water
Objectives
Current Dry Cooling Technology
Proposed Technology
Impact
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| Concentrated Solar Power |
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Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) uses the sun’s power to generate steam which drives a turbine to generate electricity. Steam from the turbine must be condensed.
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Renewables Targets
Solar-Resources
Concentrated Solar Power
Lack of cooling water
Objectives
Current Dry Cooling Technology
Proposed Technology
Impact
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| Lack of cooling water |
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Limited supplies of water in those parts of the world where solar resourcesare most plentiful mean that cooling technologies for condensers CSP plant cannot consume water.
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Renewables Targets
Solar-Resources
Concentrated Solar Power
Lack of cooling water
Objectives
Current Dry Cooling Technology
Proposed Technology
Impact
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Facilitation of EU 2020 renewable energy target, Elimination of water in cooling CSP condensers, Minimise life time costs and power consumed by ACC, Maximise power output from air cooled CSP plants
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Renewables Targets
Solar-Resources
Concentrated Solar Power
Lack of cooling water
Objectives
Current Dry Cooling Technology
Proposed Technology
Impact
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| Current Dry Cooling Technology |
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Current air cooled condensers employ large a-framed tube bank structures whose height may be up to 40m, typically cooled by 10m diameter fans. These condensers typically consume approximately 3% of a steam plant power output.
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Renewables Targets
Solar-Resources
Concentrated Solar Power
Lack of cooling water
Objectives
Current Dry Cooling Technology
Proposed Technology
Impact
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| Proposed Technology |
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Theproposed technology will be comprised of modular heat exchanger units with speedcontrollable fans which continuously maintain optimum turbine operational conditions. It is anticipated that this technology will increase overall power plant efficiency by up to 1.5%
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Renewables Targets
Solar-Resources
Concentrated Solar Power
Lack of cooling water
Objectives
Current Dry Cooling Technology
Proposed Technology
Impact
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CSP plantsoperable without cooling water, High efficiency and cost competitiveness, Massive deployment in desert areas, Enabling CSP to emerge as major renewable electricity source.
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Renewables Targets
Solar-Resources
Concentrated Solar Power
Lack of cooling water
Objectives
Current Dry Cooling Technology
Proposed Technology
Impact
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