National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
Lead: Guangdong Zhu, Guangdong.Zhu@nrel.gov
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) provide scientific, engineering, and analytical expertise to advance innovation in concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies. These technologies capture sunlight to produce heat that drives today's conventional thermoelectric generation systems or future advanced generation systems. NREL plays a critical role in CSP research by coupling a wide range of capabilities, supported by facilities and tools, with an expert staff having almost 200 person-years of CSP-related experience.
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL)
Lead: Margaret Gordon, megord@sandia.gov
The Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) program performs research and development on next generation CSP at Sandia National Laboratories National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The CSP team works with Sandia researchers in New Mexico and California to develop CSP technologies for electricity, process heat, hydrogen and fuels. The CSP team also partners with other National Labs, universities and with industry to develop CSP from concept to large-scale testing at the NSTTF, the only large-scale high-flux testing facility in North America.
Australian Solar Thermal Research Institute (ASTRI)
Lead: Dominic Zaal, dominic.zaal@csiro.au
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Lead: Mike Collins, mike.collins@csiro.auAustralian National University
Lead: Joseph Coventry, joe.coventry@anu.edu.auCo-Lead: John Pye, john.pye@anu.edu.au
University of Adelaide
Lead: Matthew Emes, matthew.emes@adelaide.edu.auCo-Lead: Maziar Arjomandi, maziar.arjomandi@adelaide.edu.au
Queensland University of Technology
Lead: Michael Cholette, michael.cholette@qut.edu.auCo-Lead: Giovanni Picotti, g.picotti@qut.edu.au
Requests for Proposals (Round 1) Awardees
Solar Dynamics - SunRing
Project Title: SunRing Advanced Manufacturing and Field Deployment
Principal Investigator: Kyle Kattke kyle.kattke@solardynllc.com
University of New Mexico
Project Title: HELIOCOMM: A Resilient Wireless Heliostats Communication SystemPrincipal Investigator: Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou eirini@unm.edu
Northeastern University
Project Title: An Educational Program on Concentrated Solar Power and Heliostats for Power Generation and Industrial Processes
Principal Investigator: Hameed Metghalchi metghalchi@coe.neu.edu
Solar Dynamics - Wireless
Project Title: Demonstration of a Heliostat Solar Field Wireless Control SystemPrincipal Investigator: Rick Sommers rick.sommers@solardynllc.com
University of Arizona
Project Title: Self Focusing Heliostats with Closed Loop TrackingPrincipal Investigator: J. Roger Angel angelj@email.arizona.edu
Tietronix
Project Title: Digital Twin and Industry 2.0 in Support of Heliostat Technology AdvancementPrincipal Investigator: Michel Izygon michel.izygon@tietronix.com