Modeling and analysis of solar thermal and biomass hybrid power plants
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Modeling was performed for solar thermal-biomass hybridization for power generation.
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Increment in capacity reduces the solar collector area per MW to 5,000 m2 (20 MW).
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Annual biomass requirement per MW reduced to 1600 tonnes at 20 MW scale.
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Hybrid mode of operation increases the plant capacity utilization from 23% to 47%.
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Cost of electricity by the hybrid plant is INR 6/kWh for plant capacities >5 MW.
Harnessing Solar Energy: Options for India
The overall goal of the off-grid guidelines of the JNNSM is to achieve wider dissemination of solar
technology, and a generous capital subsidy of up to 90% is offered for rural applications Even so,
there are several bottlenecks to large-scale dissemination Primarily, the techno-economics,
financing and institutional mechanisms of several solar applications are not well understood
Therefore, these form a focus of this study In addition, this study looks at the Government of India’s