HelioCon: A Roadmap for Advanced Heliostat Technologies for Concentrating Solar Power

Zhu, Guangdong; Augustine, Chad; Mitchell, Rebecca; Muller, Matthew; Kurup, Parthiv; Zolan, Alexander; Yellapantula, Shashank; Brost, Randy; Armijo, Kenneth; Sment, Jeremy; Schaller, Rebecca; Gordon, Margaret; Collins, Mike; Coventry, Joe; Pye, John; Cholette, Michael; Picotti, Giovanni; Arjomandi, Maziar; Emes, Matthew; Potter, Daniel; Rae, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2023.111917

HelioCon: A Roadmap for Advanced Heliostat Technologies for Concentrating Solar Power

Journal Article · Thu Sep 28 04:00:00 EDT 2023 · Solar Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.111917· OSTI ID:2203919

; ; ; ; ; ; Yellapantula, Shashank; Brost, Randy; Armijo, Kenneth; Sment, Jeremy; Schaller, Rebecca; Gordon, Margaret; Collins, Mike; Coventry, Joe; Pye, John; Cholette, Michael; Picotti, Giovanni; Arjomandi, Maziar; Emes, Matthew; Potter, Daniel more »

Heliostat-based concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) systems can offer immense potential to provide low-cost, dispatchable renewable thermal and electrical energy to help achieve 100% decarbonized energy infrastructure in the United States. Heliostats are a major determinant of both capital cost and performance of state-of-the-art commercial molten salt towers and Generation 3 CSP systems. In 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) launched the Heliostat Consortium (HelioCon), a five-year initiative to advance heliostat technologies. The HelioCon mission is threefold: (1) establish strategic core testing and modeling capabilities and infrastructure at national labs; (2) support heliostat technology development in relevant industries; and (3) serve as a central repository to integrate industry, academia, and other stakeholders for heliostat technology research, development, validation, and deployment. In this Perspective, HelioCon presents a roadmapping study on advancing heliostat technologies, intended as a central reference for the entire CSP community.

Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 2203919

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5700-86357; MainId:87130; UUID:1a57711b-75d8-4a06-a784-e0bcf8073693; MainAdminID:70956

Journal Information:: Solar Energy, Journal Name: Solar Energy Vol. 264

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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