HYBRID CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER PLANTS - HYSOL
Project title and reference: Innovative Configuration for a Fully Renewable Hybrid CSP Plant
Funding institution: European Commission (FP7) FP7-ENERGY-2012-1. CP 308912
Total budget: 3,270,000 € UPM budget: 489,000 €
Participants: ACS, CIEMAT, ENEA, IDIE, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
Duration: 3 years 6 months Commenced: 1st October 2015
Principal researcher: Guillermo San Miguel. Agroenergy Research Group, ETSI, UPM
PROJECT SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES:
SUMMARY: HYSOL plant will be able to deliver dispatchable and FIRM energy during the whole year regardless the climate conditions while it uses 100% renewable energy sources for electricity production through is innovative hybrid system. HYSOL special configuration allows the hybridization percentage of the plant to match the needs of the electrical system. The biomass derived gas fuel production is decoupled from the plant location; it will be produced thousands of kilometers away from the plant and transported through the conventional gas network.
The flexibility of the configuration allows the HYSOL technology to cover peaks in demand and base load generation. The configuration includes two decoupled turbines: a Steam Turbine and a Gas Turbine that recovers the exhaust heat in the Thermal Storage. HYSOL configuration overcomes the main inconvenience of RES: variable weather dependent operation. Through its combined generation system the plant is able to guarantee the 100 % of its power delivery even after several rainy days
OBJECTIVES by UPM
Describe environmental impact of alternative solar plant configurations and operating strategies
Evaluate the potential of alternative biomass resources to hybridize in solar power plants
Evaluate the environmental performance of alternative biomass resources for power generation in hybrid solar power systems