Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Plant in Tower Configuration with and without Thermal Energy Storage (TES)

Despite the big deployment of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants, their environmental evaluation is still a pending issue. In this paper, a detailed life cycle assessment (LCA) of a CSP tower plant with molten salts storage in a baseload configuration is carried out and compared with a reference...

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Main Authors: Gemma Gasa, Anton Lopez-Roman, Cristina Prieto, Luisa F. Cabeza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/7/3672