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Table 12.7 Required Area for Parabolic Trough Collector Installation, in
Function of Solar Radiation, for a 3 MWe Organic Rankine Cycle-Solar System
2
2
I (W/m ) A a (m ) Land Area (Ha)
150 395,198 119
200 296,398 89
250 237,119 71
300 197,599 59
350 169,371 51
400 148,199 44
450 131,733 40
500 118,559 36
550 107,781 32
600 98,799 30
650 91,200 27
700 84,685 25
750 79,040 24
800 74,100 22
850 69,741 21
900 65,866 20
950 62,400 19
1000 59,280 18

Table 12.8 Costs Utilized Within Software Solar Advisor Model (SAM) for
the Reference Parabolic Trough Collector System
Value Utilized in SAM
Direct Cost 2010 Unit
Local improvements 25 USD/m 2
a
Solar field 295 (270 ) USD/m 2
SHTF system 90 USD/m 2
Storage 80 USD/kWh-t a
a 2
In the 2014-01-14 version of the SAM software the cost of the solar field was changed to 270 $/m .
From C. Turchi, Parabolic Trough Reference Plant for Cost Modeling With the Solar Advisor Model
(SAM), 2010.

From Fig. 12.15 it can be seen that the costs per kW vary between 13,053 and
56,162 USD/kW. As all calculations were carried out in function of solar radiation,
the importance of this parameter at the time of designing solar-based generation sys-
tems is highlighted, as well as its impact on the overall costs of the systems.
The costs presented in USD/kW are specific for the power cycle studied herein
(3 MWe), and results could vary if a different cycle is simulated.