TY - JOUR
T1 - Modeling of high-concentrator photovoltaic systems for utility-scale applications
AU - Kim, Yong Sin
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Human Resources Development program (Grant No. 20124030200120) of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning grant funded by the Korea government Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. This research was also supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Grant No. NRF-2014R1A1A1003771).
Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The levelized cost of energy (LCOE) is widely used for evaluating the cost of energy generation across technologies. In a utility-scale high-concentrator photovoltaic system (HCPV), capacity factor (CF) and ground-coverage ratio (GCR) are the two fundamental drivers for determining the LCOE. However the LCOE is a complex function of various parameters, which is not explicitly defined in terms of these two factors. In this chapter, based on a cost function that simplifies the LCOE in terms of CF and GCR, the method for modeling utility-scale HCPV systems is considered.
AB - The levelized cost of energy (LCOE) is widely used for evaluating the cost of energy generation across technologies. In a utility-scale high-concentrator photovoltaic system (HCPV), capacity factor (CF) and ground-coverage ratio (GCR) are the two fundamental drivers for determining the LCOE. However the LCOE is a complex function of various parameters, which is not explicitly defined in terms of these two factors. In this chapter, based on a cost function that simplifies the LCOE in terms of CF and GCR, the method for modeling utility-scale HCPV systems is considered.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-15039-0_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-15039-0_6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84938562821
VL - 190
SP - 153
EP - 175
JO - Green Energy and Technology
JF - Green Energy and Technology
SN - 1865-3529
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