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

SunShot Initiative

Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

In 2007, DOE issued the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Research and Development Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA). The following projects were selected under this competitive solicitation:

• 3M: Cleanable and Hardcoat Coatings for Increased Durability of Silvered Polymeric Mirrors
• Abengoa: Advanced Polymeric Reflector for CSP Applications
• Abengoa: Next-Generation Parabolic Trough Collectors and Components for CSP Applications
• Alcoa: System Design for CSP Technologies
• Brayton Energy: Brayton Solar Power Conversion System
• Infinia: Maintenance-Free Stirling Engine for High-Performance Dish CSP
• PPG: High Performance Reflector Panels for CSP Assemblies
• Rocketdyne: Solar Power Tower Receiver Development
• Skyfuel: Commercial Development of an Advanced Linear-Fresnel-Based CSP Concept
• Solar Millennium: Advanced High Temperature Trough Collector Development.