CX-100997 DROP C: The Drop-in, Ring-Of-Power heliostat for COLLECTS less than 6 ¢/kWh Levelized

Award Number: DE-EE0008024CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B5.17 Solar Energy Technologies OfficeLocation(s): COOffice(s): Golden Field Office

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August 24, 2017
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Award Number: DE-EE0008024
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B5.17
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Location(s): CO
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Solar Dynamics LLC to develop and prove a novel heliostat and supporting technologies enabling rapid installation and operation. Proposed project activities would include the design, development, fabrication, and testing of prototype low-cost, dropin- place heliostats. A wireless mesh network system for solar field heliostat control would be specified, installed, and tested in a simulated and/or operational heliostat field.