Once fully commercialized, the SolarDish® technology system will be offered in different configurations based on combinations of the generator power rating, the TES thermal energy capacity, and the size of the dish/concentrator. The different system configurations aim to optimize the customer specific performance requirements based on the plant’s geographic location DNI resource, the Solar Multiple (SM) and capacity factor requirements, the project scale and available capex, annual energy yield expectations, energy dispatch flexibility and storage hours at full power, load profile design requirements, specific market electricity tariff structures, demand profiles, etc.
Based on the specific power project’s location DNI resource values and the project’s commercial exploitation strategy, the designer of the project, after working out some specific calculations and sensitivity analysis, can reach an optimum combination and a most efficient and cost-effective configuration.