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Originally Posted by Besoeker
OK.
In your opinion, is there anywhere in the world where the sun shines 17 hours a day on average?
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The point is, that they are using thermal storage and their assessment is based on a given configuration of plant. ( collector array size, concentrator size, the absorber size, thermal storage capacity and turbine size ) all bound by various efficiency factors. Thus it's evident you appear to be arriving at conclusions based on interpretations or assumptions about factors that NREL may not be conveying. i.e. it might appear you could be filling in the gaps about information you might not be aware of or might not have factored into the NREL assessment. There is no point in throwing up numbers. If you want to present a hypothesis that would bring into question NREL's 70% capacity factor claims for the potential of future Solar Thermal CSPs , I suggest you might speak to NREL first, then come back with something a bit more meaningful.