These 25 Advanced CSP & CST Technologies to Share $33 Million US DOE Funding

Approach

• Advance novel solar receivers and reactors;
• Advance key components for pumped thermal-energy storage (PTES), such as compressors and heat exchangers;
• Meet technoeconomic requirements for thermal energy storage, and prepare the innovations for manufacturing and commercialization;
• Improve the reliability, operability, and productivity of systems, processes, and designs of existing CSP technologies;
• Improve the design and operation of CSP plants by developing components and equipment for commercially relevant CSP systems that use conventional steam Rankine power cycles.

Objectives

Selectees

Topic Area 2: Scalable Outputs for Leveraging Advanced Research on Receivers & Reactors (SOLAR R&R)

DIMENSIONAL ENERGY

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GE RESEARCH

NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY

PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Topic Area 3: Pumped Thermal Energy Storage (PTES)

ECHOGEN POWER SYSTEMS

SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (1)

SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (2)

Topic Area 4a: Process Enhancement and Refinement For Operations, Reliability, and Maintenance (CSP PERFORM)

ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE

IDOM

SOLAR DYNAMICS (1)

SOLAR DYNAMICS (2)

SPORIAN MICROSYSTEMS

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

Topic Area 4b: Research in Equipment For Optimized and Reliable Machinery (CSP REFORM)

BRAYTON ENERGY

Topic Area 5b: Small Innovative Projects in Solar (SIPS) – CSP

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (1)

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (2)

REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE (3)

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA – LAS VEGAS

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA – RENO

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MADISON