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DOI	10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3344752
	Potential of Concentrated Solar Power in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia: A GIS-Based Land Suitability Analysis and Techno-Economic Feasibility Assessment
	Imam, Amir A.; Abusorrah, Abdullah M.; Marzband, Mousa
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2169-3536
起始页码	12
卷号	12
英文摘要	Saudi Arabia (SA) currently relies on fossil fuels to address its escalating electricity demand and rapid industrialization, a practice that significantly contributes to climate change. This study underscores the potential of solar energy as a key renewable energy source (RES) for SA, with a specific focus on Concentrated Solar Power (CSP). CSP stands out due to its capacity to provide dispatchable electricity coupled with thermal energy storage (TES). This research introduces an integrated energy model encompassing both site suitability and techno-economic analyses tailored for utility-scale CSP technology. The investigation unfolds in two phases: site suitability analysis and techno-economic assessment, each designed to scrutinize the viability and applicability of CSP technology for power generation in SA's western region. In the initial phase, an innovative approach, leveraging Fuzzy-Boolean Logic and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) through GIS tools, is employed to identify optimal CSP plant locations. This method offers a more comprehensive and robust analysis by accounting for uncertainty and ambiguity in decision-making. Criteria are prioritized based on relative importance, contributing a novel dimension to the field. The analysis reveals that 70% of the province's land is suitable for CSP deployment, with Makkah, Taif, Al-Khumra, and Turbah identified as the most favorable locations. In the second phase, two established CSP plants, Shams-1 and Noor III, are utilized to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of CSP in five selected sites within the most suitable areas. The analysis unveils the lowest levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for utility-scale CSP plants in Makkah province, standing at 9.58 cent/kWh for parabolic trough (PT) technology and 9.17 cent/kWh for solar power tower (SPT) technology. Sensitivity analysis of TES indicates that CSP plants with 8 hours of storage exhibit the optimal configuration, producing electricity with the lowest LCOE and the highest capacity factor (CF). This comprehensive study establishes CSP as a viable and promising renewable energy (RE) technology for SA. The proposed site selection methodology facilitates the identification of suitable locations for CSP plants, while the techno-economic analysis demonstrates that CSP plants equipped with TES are both cost-effective and reliable.
英文关键词	Climate change; Solar power generation; Geographic information systems; MCDM; Economics; Analytic hierarchy process; Fossil fuels; Electricity supply industry; Market research; Asia; Social factors; Supply and demand; Analytical hierarchy process; concentrated solar power; geographic information system; multi-criteria decision-making; site suitability analysis; techno-economic analysis
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Computer Science ; Engineering ; Telecommunications
WOS类目	Computer Science, Information Systems ; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic ; Telecommunications
WOS记录号	WOS:001137630900001
来源期刊	IEEE ACCESS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/292336
作者单位	King Abdulaziz University; King Abdulaziz University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Imam, Amir A.,Abusorrah, Abdullah M.,Marzband, Mousa. Potential of Concentrated Solar Power in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia: A GIS-Based Land Suitability Analysis and Techno-Economic Feasibility Assessment[J],2024,12.
APA	Imam, Amir A.,Abusorrah, Abdullah M.,&Marzband, Mousa.(2024).Potential of Concentrated Solar Power in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia: A GIS-Based Land Suitability Analysis and Techno-Economic Feasibility Assessment.IEEE ACCESS,12.
MLA	Imam, Amir A.,et al."Potential of Concentrated Solar Power in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia: A GIS-Based Land Suitability Analysis and Techno-Economic Feasibility Assessment".IEEE ACCESS 12(2024).