Technical and Economic Feasibility of Crushed Rock with Synthetic Oil Heat Storage Coupled to Light Water Reactors in the United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector. The UAE is building four pressurized-water reactors and expanding solar generation. Large-scale addition of solar without storage results in excess capacity and inefficient dispatch during som...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aljefri, Ali Saleh
Other Authors: Forsberg, Charles W.
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139910