Abstract: . . .  Quaschning Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) · Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA) E-Mail: volker.quaschning@psa.es · phone: ++34 950 38 7906 Dr. Manuel Blanco Muriel Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT) · Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA) E-Mail: manuel.blanco@psa.es · phone: ++34 950 38 7913 8  . . .
. . .  worldwide demand for electricity consumption. Together both technologies can provide an important contribution to climate protection. Photovoltaic systems have advantages for low-power demand, stand-alone systems and building-integrated grid-connected systems. Solar thermal power plants are best operated in large grid-connected systems. Due to the higher direct solar irradiation in the South they are most useful in southern Europe and North Africa where their potential is very high. Solar electricity can be also exported to middle and northern . . .
. . .  irradiation DNI 50 55 60 latitude in ° Figure 7: Global horizontal irradiation and direct normal irradiation in various locations in Europe and North Africa depending on latitude 0.8 levelized electricity costs in Euro/kWh 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 30 photovoltaics (today) photovoltaics (50 % cost reduction) solar thermal power plant 35 40 45 latitude in ° 50 55 60 Figure 8: Present levelized electricity costs for solar thermal power plants and photovoltaic systems as well as levelized costs for photovoltaic systems with 50 % cost reduction . . .
. . .  Quaschning Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) · Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA) E-Mail: volker.quaschning@psa.es · phone: ++34 950 38 7906 Dr. Manuel Blanco Muriel Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT) · Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA) E-Mail: manuel.blanco@psa.es · phone: ++34 950 38 7913 8  . . .
. . .  present worldwide demand for electricity consumption. Together both technologies can provide an important contribution to climate protection. Photovoltaic systems have advantages for low-power demand, stand-alone systems and building-integrated grid-connected systems. Solar thermal power plants are best operated in large grid-connected systems. Due to the higher direct solar irradiation in the South they are most useful in southern Europe and North Africa where their potential is very high. Solar electricity can be also exported to middle and . . .
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