Making solar energy a mainstream alternative to fossil fuels, by providing a
dispatchable, cost competitive, renewable energy system
Eli Lipman
VP R&D
Estimations are for a huge market for Solar Energy
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Main Technologies of Solar Power
Utility Scale PV
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Concentrated Solar Power
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Key Applications – Market Segments
Off-Grid / Rural “7MW” Generators
Augmentation to Existing “Fossil Plants”
On-Grid > 20MW Solar Power Plants
Steam Applications
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Solar Energy Needs a Paradigm Change to Become
a Mainstream Solution
 Dispatchability
- Supply when required
 Reliability 24/7
- No other plant to cover for
 Output Stability, Continuity
- No weather sensitivity
 Solar Capacity Factor > 70%
- Green energy almost all day
 Price Competitiveness $/Kwh - Result of all above
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The Effect of High Solar Capacity Factor
Solar Field
Power Block
Case 1:
System
Civil
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50 MW Plant
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Capital Investment of $ 150 M
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Solar Capacity Factor of 25% (2200 hours per year – Sun is shining)
Price per KWh
EPC
$US 18 cents
Case 2:
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50 MW Plant
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Capital Investment of $ 200 M
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Solar Capacity Factor of 75% (6600 hours per year – Energy Storage)
Price per KWh
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$US 13 cents
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Inherent Advantages of TES in
Renewable Environment of Variable Resources
An Analysis of Concentrating Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage in California
Paul Denholm, Yih-Huei Wan, Marissa Hummon, Mark Mehos
+45%
• Incremental value of 15- 40 $/MWh for Dispatchable sources
• Value will increase with more Variable Sources penetration
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Brenmiller Technology - The bCellTM – Core Technology
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Track the Sun to collect Solar
energy @ 5500c
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Steam from storage supplied on
demand, 24/7, fully stabilized
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Heat from collectors transferred by
HTM according to radiation change
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Heat delivered to the Energy
Center, ready for dispatch
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Brenmiller Scope – Sun to Steam
Our product, “bCell™ System”, delivers stable and continuous steam, directly
into the turbine inlet
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