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

SunShot Initiative

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 CSP Awards

In 2009, DOE announced six concentrating solar power (CSP) projects funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. The following projects were selected under this competitive solicitation:

• Argonne National Laboratory: Dual-Purpose Heat Transfer Fluids for CSP
• Los Alamos National Laboratory: Hybrid Organic Silicone HTF Utilizing Endothermic Chemical Reactions for Latent Heat Storage
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Nanomaterials for Thermal Energy Storage in CSP Plants
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Polyaromatic Naphthalene Derivatives as Solar Heat Transfer Fluids
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Thermochemical Energy Storage for Stirling CSP Systems
• Savannah River National Laboratory: Thermally-Stable Ionic Liquid Carriers for Nanoparticle-Based Heat Transfer in CSP Applications