{"id":33076,"date":"2018-04-03T08:07:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T13:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33076"},"modified":"2018-04-03T08:07:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T13:07:06","slug":"energy-externalities-day-9-solar-thermal-or-concentrated-solar-power-csp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33076","title":{"rendered":"Energy Externalities Day 9: Solar Thermal or Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/euanmearns.com\/energy-externalities-day-9-solar-thermal-or-concentrated-solar-power-csp\/#more-21482\">Energy Externalities Day 9: Solar Thermal or Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.euanmearns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ivanpah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" \/>With solar thermal, I am beginning to wander further away from systems where I have a reasonable grasp of their operation. There are two main classes of concentrated solar power (CSP) namely parabolic mirrors that focus solar energy onto a pipe filled with water that raises steam and a central tower configuration where an array of mirrors focusses the Sun\u2019s energy onto a central tower, raising steam to drive a turbine (inset image).<\/p>\n<p>Note Ivanpah CSP plant in the USA covers 1,420 ha (3,500 acres) is rated at 329 MW gross and cost $2.2 billon to build.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/euanmearns.com\/the-externalities-of-energy-production-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Externalities of Energy Production Systems (Day 1 Coal)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/euanmearns.com\/energy-externalities-day-2-gas-fired-ccgt\/\">Energy Externalities Day 2: Gas-fired-CCGT<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/euanmearns.com\/energy-externalities-day-3-biomass-fired-electricity\/\">Energy Externalities Day 3: Biomass-Fired-Electricity<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/euanmearns.com\/energy-externalities-day-4-nuclear-power\/\">Energy Externalities Day 4: Nuclear Power<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/euanmearns.com\/energy-externalities-day-5-wind-power\/\">Energy Externalities Day 5: Wind Power<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/euanmearns.com\/energy-externalities-day-6-hydroelectric-power\/\">Energy Externalities Day 6: Hydroelectric Power<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/euanmearns.com\/energy-externalities-day-7-solar-photovoltaics\/\">Energy Externalities Day 7: Solar Photo Voltaics<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/euanmearns.com\/energy-externalities-day-8-diesel\/\">Energy Externalities Day 8: Diesel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>I am proposing to use 12 metrics to measure costs and benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fatalities \/ year \/ unit of energy produced<\/li>\n<li>Chronic illness years \/ year \/ unit of energy produced<\/li>\n<li>Environmental costs not covered directly by the system operators<\/li>\n<li>Foot print of energy system per unit of energy produced<\/li>\n<li>Energy system costs where energy source transfers costs to the transmission system<\/li>\n<li>Energy system benefits where energy source provides a service to the transmission system<\/li>\n<li>Environmental benefits derived from energy system operation<\/li>\n<li>Taxes raised \/ year \/ for total energy produced<\/li>\n<li>Subsidies paid \/ year \/ for total energy produced<\/li>\n<li>Tax free cost of energy<\/li>\n<li>EroEI<\/li>\n<li>Resource availability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For the following 12 electricity generating systems<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coal-fired (Monday 19 March)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gas-fired (Tuesday 20 March)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Biomass-fired<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Diesel<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nuclear<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hydro electric<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wind<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Solar PV<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Solar thermal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Wave<\/li>\n<li>Tidal\n<ul>\n<li>barrage<\/li>\n<li>lagoon<\/li>\n<li>stream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Geothermal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy Externalities Day 9: Solar Thermal or Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) With solar thermal, I am beginning to wander further away from systems where I have a reasonable grasp of their operation. 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