U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

SunShot Initiative

Baseload Concentrating Solar Power Generation

In 2010, DOE issued the Baseload Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Generation funding opportunity announcement (FOA). The following projects were selected under this competitive solicitation:

• Abengoa: Advanced Nitrate Salt Central Receiver Power Plant
• eSolar: Modular and Scalable Baseload Molten Salt Plant Conceptual Design and Feasibility
• General Atomics: Baseload CSP Generation Integrated with Sulfur-Based Thermochemical Heat Storage
• HiTek: Low-Cost Heliostat Development
• Infinia: Innovative Phase Change Thermal Energy Storage Solution for Baseload Power
• PPG: Next-Generation Low-Cost Reflector
• Rocketdyne: Solar Power Tower Improvements with the Potential to Reduce Costs
• SENER: High-Efficiency Thermal Storage System for Solar Plants
• Skyfuel: High-Concentration, Low-Cost Parabolic Trough System for Baseload CSP Generation
• Suntrough: Low-Cost Solar Thermal Collector
• Terrafore: Encapsulated Phase Change Material in Thermal Storage for Baseload CSP Plants
• University of South Florida: Innovative Thermal Energy Storage for Baseload Solar Power Generation
• Wilson: Brayton Cycle Baseload Power Tower.