Global Prospects for Utility-Scale Solar Power: Toward Spatially Explicit Modeling of Renewable Energy Systems
Published By: CGD on eSS | Published Date: December, 13 , 2010This paper provides high-resolution estimates of the global potential and cost of utility-scale photovoltaic and
concentrating solar power technologies and uses a spatially explicit model to identify deplopment patterns that
minimize the cost of greenhouse gas abatement. A global simulation is run with the goal of providing 2,000
TWh of solar power (~7% of total consumption) in 2030, taking into account least-cost siting of facilities
and transmission lines and the effect of diurnal variation on project profitability and required subsidies. [Working Paper No. 235]
Author(s): Kevin Ummel | Posted on: Dec 15, 2010 | Views(943) | Download (106)