MAPPING THE TECHNO-ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF NEXTGENERATION CSP PLANTS RUNNING ON TRANSCRITICAL CO2-BASED POWER CYCLES

Although the thermodynamic potential of transcritical/supercritical CO2-based power cycles for next generation Concentrated Solar Power plants has been already confirmed in literature, further investigation to assess the actual feasibility of this technology from a techno-economic standpoint is needed. In fact, large uncertainty is found when it comes to the estimation of the CAPEX and OPEX of the power block, and the same