Concentrating Solar Power Program

sandia national laboratories was one of the seminal laboratories that helped invent the technology of concentrating solar power this group pioneered the technology and paved the way for immense amounts of progress beginning in the 1980s and continuing through today there are no power towers like this it is a research power tower it's not a commercial and we are able to do a lot of configurations at this unique research facility that can be done nowhere else in the world we have a solar power tower featuring 218 heliostats we also have a solar furnace a solar simulator and many other test capabilities that can test very high flux levels up to 600 watts per centimeter squared and can test temperatures on materials up to as high as 2000 to 3000 degrees celsius at the nsctf we do a lot of research that goes from very fundamental low technology readiness level to very high technology readiness level that's ready for commercialization what makes it even more exciting is the prospects that this research will have other broader impacts beyond even just concentrating solar power right here right now we believe that the work that we do here will make a difference in the world whether it be energy and climate security as well as other global security challenges we all need to pull together to solve the problems that we face and create a bright future this is one piece of the puzzle

Channel: Sandia National Labs

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Keywords: Sandia National Laboratories, csp, concentrating solar power, renewable energy, climate security, solar power

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Length: 1min 39sec (99 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 07 2021