Microfluidic Light Steering Collector Award Number: DE-EE0007340 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Solar Energy Technologies Office Date: 05/2/2016 Location(s): CA Office(s): Golden Field Office
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May 19, 2016
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Microfluidic Light Steering Collector
Award Number: DE-EE0007340
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Date: 05/2/2016
Location(s): CA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Giant Leap Technologies to advance the state-of-the-art in Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) collectors by demonstrating a compact, electronically controlled, microfluidic light steering (MLS) collector that redirects and collects sunlight from horizon-to-horizon and then concentrates it to greater than 50 suns.
The proposed project activities would include the design, development, fabrication and field testing of advanced CSP collector technology. Design, development, fabrication, and testing activities would occur at Giant Leap Technologies’ research and development facility in Richmond, CA and at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA. Giant Leap Technologies would create a small laboratory to develop microfluidic light steering. This may require small modifications of an existing structure e.g. adding electrical outlets, light barriers, and/or a chemical fume hood to and existing lab at the Giant Leap Technologies Facilities. All other facilities in which lab work would occur have been purpose-built for the type of activities being proposed. No change in the use, mission or operation of existing facilities would arise out of this effort. The facilities have all applicable permits in place, and would not need additional permits for the proposed activities.