Environmental and economic analysis of SolComBio concept for sustainable energy supply in remote regions

Maryegli Borges da Fonseca, Witold-Roger Poganietz and Hans-Joachim Gehrmann

Applied Energy, 2014, vol. 135, issue C, 666-674

Abstract: The paper attempts to analyse the environmental and economic impacts of the Multi-fuel Solar Hybrid Power Plant concept called SolComBio. An environmental and economic assessment is performed to investigate whether the concept could be suitable for energy source in remote areas compared with the conventional local energy supply systems. The technological concept relies on the combination of a solar thermal receiver and a multi-fuel pulverized biomass burner system to overcome the impediments of local or regional power supply under environmental friendly and economic sound conditions. Through the hybridisation with multi-fuel pulverized burner system, SolComBio concept overcomes the drawbacks of solar systems and offers flexibility of operation time and also possibility of fuel changes, which makes it suitable for areas with seasonal biomass production. Two cases of constructing and operating the plant in a Brazilian and Indonesian remote region are addressed. According to the calculations, SolComBio seems to be promising from the environmental side; nonetheless, depending on the conditions at the local land and feedstock markets the SolComBio concept could be competitive or not. This study offers a reflection how a technological concept can arouse interest of remote regions from the perspective of systems analysis.

Keywords: Multi-fuel solar hybrid power plant; Solar tower power plant; Pulverized biomass burner system; Brazil; Indonesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.07.057

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