Unique Single-Axis Tracking Planar Waveguide Optical Collector for CSP Modules Award Number: DE-EE0007338 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Solar Energy Technologies Office Date: 04/13/2016 Location(s): MA Office(s): Golden Field Office
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Unique Single-Axis Tracking Planar Waveguide Optical Collector for CSP Modules
Award Number: DE-EE0007338
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Date: 04/13/2016
Location(s): MA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Agira, Inc. to advance the proposed novel concentrated solar collector technology from a prototype collector to an integrated large area collector module.
Proposed project activities would include the design, fabrication, lab and field testing of waveguide optical collector modules for concentrated solar power (CSP) applications. Design, fabrication and indoor laboratory testing would be conducted at Boston University's Photonics Center in Boston, MA. Some of the fabrication work including optical mold fabrication and injection molding would be conducted at AMF Optics in Woburn, MA and Reliance Engineering in Lancaster, MA. The field testing of the optical collector modules would be performed at Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM.