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A worker tightens the final bolts securing the pump motor to the thrust bearing and vertical turbine pump just after installation in the Molten Salt Test Loop system at Sandia National Laboratories

Areva Solar and Sandia Labs Join Forces for CLFR Molten-Salt Storage

On September 17, 2012, in Concentrating Solar Power, Customers & Partners, Energy, News, Partnership, Renewable Energy, Solar

Areva Solar is collaborating with Sandia National Laboratories on a new concentrated solar power (CSP) installation with thermal energy storage. The CSP storage project combines Areva’s modular Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) solar design with Sandia Labs’ proven molten-salt storage system. This will be the first CSP integration with Sandia Labs’ Molten-Salt Test Loop System [...]


Dr. David Danielson Visit to NSTTF

On September 10, 2012, in Concentrating Solar Power, ECIS, National Solar Thermal Test Facility, Renewable Energy

   Dr. David Danielson visited Sandia National Laboratories and toured the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) on Wednesday, March 14. Dr. Danielson is the Assistant Secretary of the DOE EERE (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) office. During the visit, Dr. Danielson was shown the test and research capabilities of the NSTTF, had the chance [...]


CSP Mid-Year FY12 AOP Review

On September 10, 2012, in Concentrating Solar Power, Energy, News, Renewable Energy, Solar

 Sandia held its mid-year FY12 Annual Operating Plan (AOP) review for representatives from DOE HQ’s EERE Concentrating Solar Power Program, May 10-11, 2012 at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM. The review covered seven agreement areas: Optical Materials and Tools, System Analysis, Trough Performance Testing, Dish R&D, Power Tower R&D, Facilities and R&D Management, and Thermal [...]


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Solar Power International (SPI) Workshop

On September 10, 2012, in Energy, News, Partnership, Photovoltaic, Renewable Energy, Solar

Achieving High Penetrations of PV: Streamlining Interconnection and Managing Variability in a Utility Distribution System Friday, Sept 14, 2012, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Orange County Convention Center, West Concourse ‐ Room 306A This week at the Solar Power International Conference, the Department of Energy (DOE), the Electric Power Research Instisute (EPRI), Sandia National Laboratories, [...]


Thermal Pulses for Boeing Test Article

On September 6, 2012, in Concentrating Solar Power, ECIS, Energy, National Solar Thermal Test Facility, News, Partnership, Renewable Energy, Solar

On June 26 and 27, a series of exposures were made to multiple Boeing test articles using the heliostat field and the high speed shutter located at the test bay 140 above ground in the solar tower at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility. The exposures were made at various flux levels and used between [...]


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