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A SUSTAINABILITY-BASED COMPARISON BETWEEN PHOTOVOLTAICS AND CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER IN CHILE

dc.creatorJAN LUIS ABEL VENEGAS LÓPEZ
dc.creatorGUILLERMO IVÁN GAJARDO MIRANDA
dc.creatorWALTER RICHARD PUCHI DÍAZ
dc.creatorMARÍA NATHALIE RISSO SEPÚLVEDA
dc.creatorFABRICIO IVÁN SALGADO DÍAZ
dc.date2019
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-10T15:43:47Z
dc.date.available2025-01-10T15:43:47Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractTHE PROJECTED INCREASE IN ENERGY DEMAND IN CHILE, ALONG WITH THE NEED OF MORE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS ARE INCREASING THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN CHILE. AMONG CURRENTLY USED RENEWABLES, SOLAR POWER REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING OPTIONS, GIVEN THE HIGH IRRADIANCE LEVELS AVAILABLE IN THE ATACAMA DESERT. SOLAR POWER CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AS PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) AND CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER (CSP) SYSTEMS, BEING THE FIRST ALTERNATIVE THE MOST POPULAR NOWADAYS. IN ORDER FOR CSP TO BECOME A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVA FOR POWER GENERATION IN CHILE, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. THIS WORK PRESENTS A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CSP AND PV SYSTEMS IN CHILE. THE STUDY EMPLOYS THE LEVELIZED COST OF ENERGY AND LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE HYPOTHETICAL SYSTEMS, UNDER CONDITIONS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE NORTH OF CHILE. RESULTS OBTAINED SHOW THAT ECONOMIC COST OF PV REMAIN LOWER THAN CSP, HOWEVER CSP CAN ACHIEVE LOWER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND SUPPLY POWER CONTINUOUSLY. THESE RESULTS SUGGEST BOTH THE NEED FOR MORE APPLIED STUDIES IN SOLAR PLANTS IN CHILE, ALONG WITH IMPROVED REGULATIONS WHICH CONSIDER LCA ANALYSIS TO TRULY ASSESS THE IMPACTS OF SOLAR POWER AND CHOOSE THE MORE EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS. © 2019 IEEE.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1109/CHILECON47746.2019.8988112
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.ubiobio.cl/handle/123456789/13386
dc.languagespa
dc.publisher2019 IEEE CHILEAN CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (CHILECON)
dc.relation.uri10.1109/CHILECON47746.2019.8988112
dc.rightsPUBLICADA
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectRenewable Energy
dc.subjectConcentrating Solar Power
dc.titleA SUSTAINABILITY-BASED COMPARISON BETWEEN PHOTOVOLTAICS AND CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER IN CHILE
dc.typeARTÍCULO
dspace.entity.typePublication
ubb.EstadoPUBLICADA
ubb.Otra ReparticionDEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERIA ELECTRICA Y ELECTRONICA
ubb.Otra ReparticionESCUELA INGENIERIA CIVIL ELECTRICA
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