Abstract:
Most of the renewables particularly Solar PV
are intermittent. For this, dispatchable energy sources are
required in the energy mix. Concentrated Solar Power
(CSP) is dispatchable in nature. The aim of this work is to
conduct the feasibility study of Parabolic Trough, Power
Tower and Solar PV plant (with and without battery
storage) and compare their performances. As south-east
part of Bangladesh has better solar potential, four
locations of Chittagong (Bashkhali, Sandwip,
Maheshkhali, and Vashan Char) are taken as reference
places. During evaluating the feasibility study, various
ratings of power plants like 200MW, 150MW, 100MW,
50MW, 25MW, 5MW have been considered. Finally,
optimization has been conducted with respect to Solar
Multiple (SM) and Thermal Energy Storage (TES). System
Advisor Model (SAM) has been used to perform the
simulation work. Optimized results of CSP plants have
been compared with the same MW grid-connected PV
power plants. Results show that Solar PV plant has better
performance compared with CSP. Among the four
locations, BASHKHALI is the best for implementing solar
power plants.
