121010 20240319081026.0 doi 10.3390/en15228570 sideral 131236 ART-2022-131236 eng Pascual, Sara Universidad de Zaragoza Thermal Energy Storage in Concentrating Solar Power Plants: A Review of European and North American R&D Projects 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Thermal energy storage (TES) is the most suitable solution found to improve the concentrating solar power (CSP) plant’s dispatchability. Molten salts used as sensible heat storage (SHS) are the most widespread TES medium. However, novel and promising TES materials can be implemented into CSP plants within different configurations, minimizing the TES costs and increasing the working temperature to improve the thermal performance of the associated power block. The first objective of this review is to provide an overview of the most widespread CSP technologies, TES technologies and TES-CSP configurations within the currently operational facilities. Once this information has been compiled, the second aim is to collect and present the existing European and North American TES-CSP Research and Development (R&D) projects within the last decade (2011–2021). Data related to these projects such as TES-CSP configuration path, TES and CSP technologies applied, storage capacity, power block associated and the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) of the commercial up-scaling project are presented. In addition, project information such as location, research period, project leader and budget granted are also extracted. A timeline of the R&D projects launched from 2011 is built, showing the technology readiness level (TRL) achieved by the end of the project. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/T46-20R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/727348/EU/SOlar Calcium-looping integRAtion for Thermo-Chemical Energy Storage/SOCRATCES This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No H2020 727348-SOCRATCES info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/FPU17-03902 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.2 2022 ENERGY & FUELS 80 / 119 = 0.672 2022 Q3 T3 0.632 2022 Engineering (miscellaneous) 2022 Q1 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2022 Q2 Energy (miscellaneous) 2022 Q2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2022 Q2 Fuel Technology 2022 Q2 Control and Optimization 2022 Q2 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2022 Q2 5.5 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/review info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Lisbona, Pilar Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-2306-6729 Romeo, Luis M. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7379-6159 5004 590 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica Área Máquinas y Motores Térmi. 15, 22 (2022), 8570 [32 pp.] ENERGIES Energies 1996-1073 2561575 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/121010/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2775164 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/121010/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:121010 articulos driver 2024-03-18-16:44:15 ARTICLE