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    This document compares concentrated solar power (CSP) plants to photovoltaic (PV) power. CSP systems use concentrated sunlight to heat a liquid substance and generate electricity, while PV panels use the photovoltaic effect to directly generate electricity from sunlight without heat. While PV costs have fallen, CSP can provide thermal energy storage to reduce intermittency from solar and wind. The document discusses factors considered in energy markets like cost and dispatchability, and notes some CSP plants have converted to PV due to falling prices, but CSP remains an option to address intermittency where solar resources are strong.

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    This document compares concentrated solar power (CSP) plants to photovoltaic (PV) power. CSP systems use concentrated sunlight to heat a liquid substance and generate electricity, while PV panels use the photovoltaic effect to directly generate electricity from sunlight without heat. While PV costs have fallen, CSP can provide thermal energy storage to reduce intermittency from solar and wind. The document discusses factors considered in energy markets like cost and dispatchability, and notes some CSP plants have converted to PV due to falling prices, but CSP remains an option to address intermittency where solar resources are strong.

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    CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER

    PLANTS (CSP) VS
    PHOTOVOLTAICS(PV)

    -AKASH AGARWAL
    BHARGAV
    PRADEEP KARANDI
    CHANDRAKANTH
    Concentrated Solar Power plant
    Photo Voltaic Power
    The difference
    • CSP vs PV – technologies

    • CSPs are not the same as Photovoltaic panels; CSP systems


    concentrate radiation of the sun to heat a liquid substance
    which is then used to drive a heat engine and drive an
    electric generator.

    • PV panels differ from solar thermal systems in that they do


    not use the sun’s heat to generate power.  Instead, they use
    sunlight through the ‘photovoltaic effect’ to generate direct
    electric current (DC) in a direct electricity production
    process.
    CSP vs PV – market update – investors’
    perspective

    • Energy markets consider three main factors in deciding


    on power sources: cost of energy, ancillary services
    and power dispatch-ability on demand.

    • Only in the US, according to market data and research, a


    total capacity of approximately 3000 MW (3 GW) has
    been converted from CSP-to-PV solar plants. 
    Falling prices
    CSP Vs PV – Integration for increasing Solar Power
    Penetration

    • CSP with capabilities of Thermal Energy Storage can be


    used as a complementary solution to overcome
    intermittency issues of other renewable energy
    technologies as solar Photovoltaic panels (PV) and Wind
    turbines.
    LCOE Comparision
    Why CSP will Survive PV
    • Higher costs but built-in thermal storage
    • Only competing option (for now): pump-hydro storage
    • Saudi Arabia plans for 2032: PV 16 GW and 25 GW STE/CSP;
    • But: limited to areas with good DNI
    • Small-scale, decentralised possible but costly
    • It is the best option to curb intermittancy of PV and Wind
    Turbines.
    REFERENCES

    • Cédric Philibert , Solar thermal electricity Vision by 2050, Solar


    Electricity Roadmap Update – 1st Workshop – 3 February, Paris .
    • International Energy Agency, www.iea.org/roadmaps.
    • Solar Energy facts – Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Vs
    Photovoltaic panels (PV),  DINO GREEN on JANUARY 13, 2012 (
    http
    ://www.renewablegreenenergypower.com/solar-energy-facts-co
    ncentrated-solar-power-csp-vs-photovoltaic-pv-panels
    /)
    THANK YOU

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