TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Brand, Bernhard
A1  - Boudghene Stambouli, Amine
A1  - Zejli, Driss
T1  - The value of dispatchability of CSP plants in the electricity systems of Morocco and Algeria
N2  - This paper examines the effects of an increased integration of concentrated solar power (CSP) into the conventional electricity systems of Morocco and Algeria. A cost-minimizing linear optimization tool was used to calculate the best CSP plant configuration for Morocco's coal-dominated power system as well as for Algeria, where flexible gas-fired power plants prevail. The results demonstrate that in both North African countries, storage-based CSP plants offer significant economic advantages over non-storage, low-dispatchable CSP configurations. However, in a generalized renewable integration scenario, where CSP has to compete with other renewable generation technologies, like wind or photovoltaic (PV) power, it was found that the cost advantages of dispatchability only justify CSP investments when a relatively high renewable penetration is targeted in the electricity mix.
T2  - Energy policy
VL  - 47
Y1  - 2012
UN  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-43667
U6  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.073
DO  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.073
SP  - 321
EP  - 331
ER  -