RENEWABLEENERGYBENEFITSLEVERAGINGLOCALCAPACITYFORCONCENTRATEDSOLARPOWER2ABOUTIRENATheInternationalRenewableEnergyAgency(IRENA)isanintergovernmentalorganisationthatsupportscountriesintheirtransitiontoasustainableenergyfuture,andservesastheprincipalplatformforinternationalco-operation,acentreofexcellence,andarepositoryofpolicy,technology,resourceandfinancialknowledgeonrenewableenergy.IRENApromotesthewidespreadadoptionandsustainableuseofallformsofrenewableenergy,includingbioenergy,geothermal,hydropower,ocean,solarandwindenergy,inthepursuitofsustainabledevelopment,energyaccess,energysecurityandlow-carboneconomicgrowthandprosperity.www.irena.orgACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThereportwasauthoredbyCeliaGarcía-Baños(IRENA),ManuelBlanco(DLR),CristinaPrietoandManuelSilva(UniversityofSeville)underthedirectionofMichaelRenner(IRENA).ThereportwasinitiatedunderRabiaFerroukhi(ex-IRENA)andfinalisedunderRaulAlfaro-Pelico(Director,IRENAKnowledge,PolicyandFinanceCentre).ThereportgreatlybenefittedfromthevaluablefeedbackandinputsfromImenGherboudj(IRENA),MohammedNababa(IRENA),SibghatUllah(IRENA),DialaHawila(IRENA),AlinaGilmanova(IRENAconsultant),EduardoZarza(CIEMAT-PSA)andAdriánBlindú(AssociationforResearchandIndustrialCo-operationofAndalucía)andElenaGuillen-Burrieza(UPC).ThereportwasreviewedbyArslanKhalid(IRENAconsultant),EnriqueDoheijoandJesusRubioConde(Deloitte),GillesFlamant(PROMES-CNRS),JuliánBlanco(CIEMAT-PSA),ZhuGuangdong(NREL),ZhifengWang(ChineseAcademyofScience)andWesStein(CSIRO).PublicationsandeditorialsupportwereprovidedbyFrancisFieldandStephanieClarke.ThereportwaseditedbyFayreMakeig.TechnicalreviewwasconductedbyPaulKomar,anddesignbyMyrtoPetrou.DISCLAIMERThispublicationandthematerialhereinareprovided“asis”.AllreasonableprecautionshavebeentakenbyIRENAtoverifythereliabilityofthematerialinthispublication.However,neitherIRENAnoranyofitsofficials,agents,dataorotherthird-partycontentproviders,providesawarrantyofanykind,eitherexpressedorimplied,andtheyacceptnoresponsibilityorliabilityforanyconsequenceofuseofthepublicationormaterialherein.TheinformationcontainedhereindoesnotnecessarilyrepresenttheviewsofallMembersofIRENA.ThementionofspecificcompaniesorcertainprojectsorproductsdoesnotimplythattheyareendorsedorrecommendedbyIRENAinpreferencetoothersofasimilarnaturethatarenotmentioned.Thedesignationsemployed,andthepresentationofmaterialherein,donotimplytheexpressionofanyopiniononthepartofIRENAconcerningthelegalstatusofanyregion,country,territory,cityorareaorofitsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationoffrontiersorboundaries.PhotographsfromGettyImagesunlessotherwiseindicated.©IRENA2025Unlessotherwisestated,materialinthispublicationmaybefreelyused,shared,copied,reproduced,printedand/orstored,providedthatappropriateacknowledgementisgivenofIRENAasthesourceandcopyrightholder.Materialinthispublicationthatisattributedtothirdpartiesmaybesubjecttoseparatetermsofuseandrestrictions.Appropriatepermissionsfromthesethirdpartiesmayneedtobesecuredbeforeanyuseofsuchmaterial.ISBN:978-92-9260-644-2Citation:IRENA(2025),Renewableenergybenefits:Leveraginglocalcapacityforconcentratedsolarpower,InternationalRenewableEnergyAgency,AbuDhabi.4RENEWABLEENERGYBENEFITSLEVERAGINGLOCALCAPACITYFORCONCENTRATEDSOLARPOWERCONTENTSABOUTTHEIRENALEVERAGINGLOCALCAPACITYSERIES......................8HIGHLIGHTS...................................
