Assessing the sustainability impacts of concentrated solar power deployment in Europe in the context of global value chains

• DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.113004
• Publication Date: 2022-10-27T04:31:28Z
• Authors: A.R. Gamarra; S. Banacloche; Y. Lechon; P. del Río
• Keywords: Dispatchable generation

In the context of European Green Deal and Recovery Plan for Europe, CSP can play its role, by providing dispatchable flexible energy when other renewable technologies cannot. The aim this paper is to identify potential socioeconomic, social environmental impacts associated future deployment projects in Spain, taking into account global value chain. Based on an extended multiregional input-output model developed authors, identifies country sector-origin nine sustainability indicators two dominant (parabolic trough central receiver). research considers a 200 MW power plant Spain compare these under three different scenarios regarding country-origin main components. results show that receivers have more positive economic impacts, both terms added employment creation, lower negative than parabolic alternative. deployed depend origin components, with highest occurring components come from China lowest they Germany. same occurs supply risks, which are Germany supplies scenario all performs better Chinese whereas no major differences among them were found risks.