## 4 Conclusions  
This work provided a techno-assessment analysis of six potential sites for an STPP with two different condenser models in India, i.e., the dry-cooled model and the wet-cooled model, in order to guide policy-making and future research prospects. A 100 MW STPP was simulated for two condenser models at sites located in Bhopal, Jhansi, Jalandhar, Srikakulam, West Medinipur, and Erode. The simulation results for the six potential sites revealed that the STPP dry-cooled model at Bhopal generated the maximum energy of 376 GWh and a capacity factor of 41.5%, followed by Jhansi, Jalandhar, Srikakulam, West Medinipur, and Erode, which generated a maximum energy of 364 GWh, 300 GWh, 353 GWh, 301 GWh, and 349 GWh and capacity factors of 40.2%, 33.2%, 39%, 33.2%, and 38.5%, respectively. In contrast, for the STPP wet-cooled model, the maximum energy for the selected sites was 410 GWh, 401 GWh, 330 GWh, 382 GWh, 329 GWh, and 387 GWh, with a capacity factor of 45.3%, 44.2%, 36.4%, 42.2%, 36.4%, and 42.7%, respectively. It was also observed that the optimum SM for the STPP dry-cooled model ranged between 1.4 and 1.8 for all the selected sites. However, in the case of the STPP wet-cooled model, the SM was optimized in the range between 1 and 1.8; this is because the lowest LCOEs for the different TES converge within those SM values before increasing again.  
From the simulated results, the STPP wet-cooled model is the best technology to be constructed at the six potentials sites as it recorded the highest annual energy generation with the least LCOE. Furthermore, the Bhopal site was identified to be the best site for the construction of both technologies.  
To develop such systems, developing countries such as India need to alter their energy policies. The Ministry of Energy in India needs to draft new policies that would encourage local manufacturing, initial financial assistance for investors, training programs from the experts in the field, and social awareness among the local communities. Therefore, we recommend the review and regulation of ongoing policies on renewable energy sources and the implementation of proper guidelines for investors as well as for research and development in CSP generation in India, which are to be performed by the respective authorities.  
Finally, this study recommends performing a techno-assessment analysis of the six given sites for other CSP configurations (i.e., parabolic trough collector, linear Fresnel reflector, and parabolic or parabolic dish Stirling). This study will help to locate the possible CSP configurations at those sites. As future study recommendations, we also suggest the use of a combination of various multi-criteria decision-making approachesand geographical information systems to identify optimum sites for the development CSP technologies across the country in order to help with the siting of such facilities.  
The current study has a limitation that needs to be highlighted: the current research did not consider the cost of land in the economic analysis. However, as this may affect the economic output, future studies could consider the effect of cost of land on the viability of the studied power systems at the various sites.  
Conceptualization, S.P., E.B.A. and A.K.; methodology, S.P. and E.B.A.; software S.P. and E.B.A.; validation, S.P., E.B.A. and J.D.A.; formal analysis, E.B.A. and A.K.; investigation, S.P.; resources, S.P., E.B.A. and S.A.; data curation, S.P., E.B.A. and F.A.; writing--S.P. and E.B.A., visualization, E.B.A.; supervision, E.B.A. and V.I.V.; project administration, E.B.A.; funding acquisition, S.P., E.B.A. and A.K. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.  
The research funding from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Ural Federal University Program of Development within the Priority-2030 Program) is gratefully acknowledged. The youth laboratory with Grant number: FEUZ-2022-0031.  
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.