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HelioCon Seminar Videos

Date Title Instructor Video Link Training Documents
September 27, 2023 Challenges and Solutions in Heliostat Optical Metrology Dr. Randy Brost
SNL
video Slides, Flyer
August 30, 2023 CSP Industry Perspective on Heliostat Optical Measurement Dr. Jeremy Sment,
SNL
video Slides, Flyer
August 16, 2023 Intern Projects in Heliostat Technologies at NREL, SNL Dr. Rebecca Mitchell
NREL
video Slides, Flyer
April 10, 2023 CSP Tower Technology: 10+ Years of Innovation and 35+ Years of Mature Prior Innovation Yoel Gilon
video Slides, Flyer
March 1, 2023 Introduction of the 2022 CSP Blue Book of China Zhifeng Wang
video Slides, Flyer
February 1, 2023 Solar Field for CSP Tower Technology: Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Operational Commercial Projects Raul Gonzalez Marcelo
video Slides, Flyer
November 9, 2022 Mitigating Unconscious Bias in Work Teams Anelisa Simons
SNL
video Slides, Flyer
October 19, 2022 Transferring Photovoltaic lessons learned to Concentrating Solar Power Dr. Matthew Muller, NREL video Slides, Flyer
August 11, 2022 Advanced Manufacturing for Heliostats – What We Can Learn from Automotive Joining Technologies, Materials, and Automation Wagon Wills, Gonzalez Group Dr. Randy Brost, Sandia video Slides, Flyer
August 1, 2022 13 HelioCon Interns, NREL/SNL/DOE 13 HelioCon Interns, NREL/SNL/DOE video Slides, Flyer
July 13, 2022 Heliostat Aerodynamics and Wind Load: Characterization and Prediction in Atmospheric Boundary Layer Matthew Emes, University of Adelaide video Slides, Flyer
June 29, 2022 Soiling Losses for Concentrating Solar Power – Prediction, Assessment, and Mitigation Dr. Michael Cholette, Queensland University of Technology video Slides, Flyer
June 8, 2022 Bottom-up Analyses for Two Heliostat Collectors and an Initial Heliostat Supply Chain Parthiv Kurup, NREL video SlidesFlyer
May 18, 2022  Heliostat Components and Controls Dr. Ken Armijo, Sandia video Slides, Flyer
April 13, 2022 Economies of Scale – Field Deployment Considerations to Accommodate Evolving Energy Markets  Dr. Jeremy Sment, Sandia video Slides, Flyer
March 30, 2022  What’s Looking Up Down Under? Progress of Australian Solar Thermal Research Institute (ASTRI) Heliostat Activities Mike Collins, CSIRO Energy video Slides, Flyer
 March 16, 2022  Resources, Training, and Education for the Heliostat Workforce Dr. Rebecca Mitchell, NREL video Slides, Flyer
 February 16, 2022 An Undervalued Foundation for Heliostat Technologies - Optical Characterization, Modeling, and Measurement  Dr. Guangdong Zhu, NREL video Slides, Flyer
February 3, 2022  Technoeconomic Analysis of Heliostat Technologies Dr. Chad Augustine, NREL  video Slides, Flyer
 January 12, 2022  CSP Capabilities at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory  Mark Mehos, NREL video Slides, Flyer
 December 8, 2021  CSP Capabilities at Sandia National Labs  Dr. Margaret Gordon, Sandia video Slides, Flyer

HelioCon Training Videos

Date Title Speakers Video Link Seminar Documents
May 19, 2022 HelioCon SolTrace Tutorial Session I: A Beginner’s Overview Al Lewandowski video Files
August 1, 2022 HelioCon SolTrace Tutorial Session II: Implementing Advanced Geometries Al Lewandowski video

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