Simulation of Hybrid Solar Tower Power Plants
Abstract
The world’s first solar tower power plant with open volumetric receiver technology has been constructed in Jülich, Germany, and is in operation since December 2008 (Koll et al., 2009). The plant was built by the general contractor Kraftanlagen München, and owned and operated by the local utility Stadtwerke Jülich GmbH. Recently the German Aerospace Centre bought the plant to intensify the R&D programs for CSP at the Jülich site with the support of the Solar-Institut Jülich (SIJ) (Hoffschmidt, 2011).