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Concentrating Solar Power

Funding: Up to $10 M over 4 years

Open Date: 05/24/2007

Close Date: 08/09/2007

Selection Announcement: 2007-11-29

Funding Organization: Solar Energy Technologies Program

Funding Number: DE-PS36-07GO97028

Summary:

This opportunity supports companies to develop storage solutions, manufacturing approaches, and new system concepts for large-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) plants. The collaborative public-private partnerships established work to reduce the nominal levelized cost of energy of CSP power plants from 13–17 ¢/kWh in 2007 to a target of 7–10 ¢/kWh by 2015 and 5–7 ¢/kWh by 2020.

For more information, see the full solicitation.

Additional Information:

More project details are available.

Last updated: 11/19/2009

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