Techno-economic comparison of solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and photovoltaic (PV) systems with energy storage
- Solar field area & storage capacity was varied to assess impact on techno-economic performance of the two solar technologies.
- PV yielded a minimum LCOE of 0.12 USD/kWh and a CUF of 0.27.
- s-ORC yielded a minimum LCOE of 0.19 USD/kWh, with a CUF of 0.56.