Journal Pre-proof Estimating capital cost of parabolic trough collector based concentrating solar power plants for financial appraisal: Approaches and a case study for India Tarun Kumar Aseri, Chandan Sharma, Tara C. Kandpal PII: S0960-1481(20)30676-5 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.138 Reference: RENE 13467 To appear in: Renewable Energy Received Date: 19 October 2019 Revised Date: 23 April 2020 Accepted Date: 27 April 2020 Please cite this article as: Aseri TK, Sharma C, Kandpal TC, Estimating capital cost of parabolic trough collector based concentrating solar power plants for financial appraisal: Approaches and a case study for India, Renewable Energy (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.138. This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd.