@misc{10481/106473,
year = {2025},
month = {10},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/106473},
abstract = {The Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA) is a unique scientific-technical center in the southeast of Spain thanks to
its solar concentrating facilities that are large and varied. The PSA is located in the village of Tabernas (Almería),
in one of the few deserts in Europe. The quantity and size of aerosols in the atmosphere negatively influence solar
concentrating systems through different processes, making these systems less efficient. The aerosol measurement
campaign carried out at PSA since March 2020 indicates frequent haze episodes and that there is a positive
correlation on a monthly scale between aerosol concentration and its negative effects on solar concentrating
systems. This fact has made it possible to unify all these variables into a common function that can be used in any
location. The impact of aerosols on the electrical power production of a thermoelectric solar tower plant is
analyzed. The aerosol loading in the atmosphere at this location is greater in the summer months and the
negative effects of associated phenomena increase, making this season the least favorable for solar concentrating
technologies at PSA. It can be said that there could be an increase of up to 50 % in the LCOE due to the negative
effects of aerosols in the production of a solar tower plant at PSA. Similar studies are recommended in future sites
for concentrating solar plants.},
organization = {MCIN/AEI/10.13039/5011000011033/FEDER - HELIOSUN project (PID2021-126805OB-I00)},
organization = {ANID/FONDAP/1522A0006 “Solar Energy Research Center”, SERC-Chile},
organization = {MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 - European NextGenerationEU/PRTR (RYC2021-031958-I)},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Soiling},
keywords = {Solar disk},
keywords = {Solar extinction},
title = {Aerosol impact on concentrating solar systems: Lessons learned from the Plataforma solar de Almería (Spain)},
doi = {10.1016/j.ijepes.2025.111051},
author = {Ballestrín, Jesús and Simal, Noelia and Carra, Elena and Monterreal, Rafael and Polo, Jesús and Marzo, Aitor},
}