Analysis of the generation potential of hybrid solar power plants

Photovoltaic solar energy has emerged in Brazil distributed generation due to affordable costs and its application different segments of the market. However, electric storage photovoltaic systems is only viable for certain conditions which installation does not have access electricity network thermal portion lost ambient. Heliothermic power plant represents another system available generation, higher costs, but takes better advantage allows efficiently meet demands during periods without incident radiation. great potential Southeast Northeast regions Brazil, both technologies cannot This work presents a conceptual analysis compound parabolic concentrators along with hybrid collector demand sunlight hours The investigation consisted implementing an organic Rankine cycle heliothermic configurations diode model examine commercial cells operated evaporation region. results showed that best working fluid R245fa Urea-NaCl as molten salt storage. expected electrical hydride 1580W at 2600 rpm 80°C temperature, enabling 1 hour 20 min