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x
Each plant minimizes the release of carbon dioxide up to 41,400 tons per year (0.46 kg CO
2
/kWh
[18]).
x
The efficiency of the solar thermal power plants is between 13% and 19%.
In the other hand:
x
Solar energy is intermittent.
x
The cost the parabolic trough solar thermal power plant of 30 MWe turbine gross output and
an area
of 188,000 m² can reach 270 million dollars (19.6 billion DZA), which affects the LCOE (between 5
and 10 cent/kWh).
The costs of production and the electricity output are strongly linked to the location where the plant
shall be installed due to the price of space
that the plant occupies also; the price is affected by the applied
taxes. Our study shows a reduction that can reach 58% of the initial LCOE with 0% tax.
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