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Chapter 3: Solar electricity
New information on actual solar resource suggests Central Asia may be less favourable than
expected, while the role CSP could play in China might have been assessed too cautiously.
Figure 3.9 Comparison of daily load curves in six regions
North Europe
France
Germany
Italy
PJM
Japan
100
80
60
40
Demand (%)
20
0
1 5 9 13 17 21 1
Note: PJM stands for Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland Interconnection.
Source: IEEJ (The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan)/Inage, 2009.
Hours
Key point
In many areas, PV generation and peak demand show a good match.
Table 3.1 Electricity from CSP plants as shares of total electricity consumption (%)
in the BLUE Hi-Ren scenario, ETP 2010
Countries 2020 2030 2040 2050
Australia, Central Asia*, Chile, India
(Gujarat, Rajasthan), Mexico, Middle
East, North Africa, Peru, South Africa,
5% 12% 30% 40%
south-western United States
United States (remainder) 3% 6% 15% 20%
Europe (mostly from imports), Turkey 3% 6% 10% 15%
Africa (remainder), Argentina, Brazil,
India (remainder)
1% 5% 8% 15%
Indonesia (from imports) 0.5% 1.5% 3% 7%
China, Russia (from imports) 0.5% 1.5% 3% 4%
Note: *Includes Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Source: IEA, 2010d.
Firm, dispatchable solar electricity from areas with strong DNI may benefit neighbouring
areas through electricity transportation. Such links would most likely be to areas with
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