The application of parabolic trough technology under Jordanian climate

Omar Badran and Markus Eck

Renewable Energy, 2006, vol. 31, issue 6, 791-802

Abstract: Parabolic trough solar thermal power plants are a proven technology in the utility scale since mid of the eighties. Between 1984 and 1991 nine power plants with an overall capacity of 354MW have been installed in the Mojave Desert in California. Since, these power plants can be equipped with a thermal storage or a fossil back-up they offer a fully dispatchable electricity generation capacity. This technology will be a very interesting near term option for countries with high solar irradiation levels and small resources of fossil fuels like Jordan.

Keywords: Solar thermal power plant; Parabolic trough concentrator; Renewable energy; SEGS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2005.05.005

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