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DOI	10.2172/1176743
报告编号	NREL/TP--6A50-61376
来源ID	OSTI_ID: 1176743
	Concentrating Solar Power and Water Issues in the U.S. Southwest
	Bracken, Nathan [Western States Water Council, Murray, UT (United States)]; Macknick, Jordan [National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)]; Tovar-Hastings, Angelica [National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)]; Komor, Paul [Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)]; Gerritsen, Margot [Stanford Univ., CA (United States)]; Mehta, Shweta [Stanford Univ., CA (United States)]
英文摘要	Concentrating solar power (CSP) systems utilize the sun's energy to create heat that is used to generate electrical power. CSP systems in the United States are installed primarily in the Southwest, with 92% of plants that are operational, under construction, or under development located in three western states--Arizona, California, and Nevada. This report provides an overview of CSP development in these states, or the 'Southwest' for the purposes of this discussion, with a particular focus on the water supply issues associated with CSP. The Western Governors' Association (WGA) commissioned staff from the Western States Water Council (WSWC) to collaborate with staff from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to prepare this report. The WGA has long supported the effective management of the West's water resources, as well as the development of a clean, diverse, reliable, and affordable energy supply consisting of traditional and renewable energy resources. This report is specifically intended to help inform these goals, especially as WGA continues to underwrite a Regional Transmission Expansion Planning project, undertaken by the WSWC and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), to better understand energy development within the existing and future water resource constraints of the West. This report builds upon earlier research conducted by NREL, the University of Colorado-Boulder, and Stanford University that was supported through the Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA) and presents information gathered through extensive research and literature reviews, as well as interviews and outreach with state water administrators and energy regulators, WECC and other experts familiar with CSP development in the Southwest.
出版年	2015
报告类型	Technical Report
语种	英语
国家	美国
来源学科分类	14 SOLAR ENERGY ; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY ; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER ; CSP ; WATER SUPPLY
URL	http://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/1176743
资源类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/271102
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bracken, Nathan [Western States Water Council, Murray, UT ,Macknick, Jordan [National Renewable Energy Lab. ,Tovar-Hastings, Angelica [National Renewable Energy Lab. ,et al. Concentrating Solar Power and Water Issues in the U.S. Southwest,2015.