Economic opportunities resulting from a global deployment of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies--The example of German technology providers

Daniel Vallentin and Peter Viebahn

Energy Policy, 2010, vol. 38, issue 8, 4467-4478

Abstract: Several energy scenario studies consider concentrated solar power (CSP) plants as an important technology option to reduce the world's CO2 emissions to a level required for not letting the global average temperature exceed a threshold of 2-2.4 °C. A global ramp up of CSP technologies offers great economic opportunities for technology providers as CSP technologies include highly specialised components. This paper analyses possible value creation effects resulting from a global deployment of CSP until 2050 as projected in scenarios of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Greenpeace International. The analysis focuses on the economic opportunities of German technology providers since companies such as Schott Solar, Flabeg or Solar Millennium are among the leading suppliers of CSP technologies on the global market.

Keywords: Concentrating; solar; power; Value; chain; German; companies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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