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At solar thermal system costs of 300 EUR/m², which can certainly be achieved with large collector arrays today, solar thermal is, in all reasonable temperature levels, more cost effective than PV, shown on the dotted line in figure 3. The news article was written in cooperation with Eva Augsten, renewable energy freelance journalist from Germany.
Interest in renewable energy sources has continued to increase over the years due the increasing need to reduce the emission of ozone-depleting gases. Among the renewable energy options, the solar thermal option is better suited for large scale power generation.
The cost per kW of solar power is higher and the overall efficiency of the system is lower. In the present communication, a comprehensive literature review on the scenario of solar thermal power plants and its up-to-date technologies all over the world is presented.
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 higher and the overall efficiency of the system is lower.
With solar radiation of around 1,000 kWh/m² in northern Germany, for example, a temperature difference of 60 °C already puts you in the turquoise-coloured range. The solar thermal system can therefore only cost around 450 EUR/m 2, as the colour scale on the right-hand side of figure 2 shows.
Solar thermal provides energy at the lowest costs among all RES. For instance, for domestic hot water, a small, low-cost thermosiphon system (2.8 kWth) with diurnal thermal storage (12.7 kWhth) can provide domestic hot water in a Mediterranean country for less than 2 €-cents per kWh.
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The cost per kW of solar power is higher and the overall efficiency of the system is lower. In the present communication, a comprehensive literature review on the scenario of solar thermal …
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