FUNDING-DOE
- Generation 3 Concentrating Solar Power Systems; November 3,
2017
Agency
DOE
- Generation 3 Concentrating Solar Power Systems
Description
The
U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO) is seeking applications under this
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to fund applied research and development
to enable the reduction of the levelized cost of
electricity (LCOE) generated by concentrating solar power (CSP) to 6
˘/kWh-electric or less, without subsidies. This FOA intends to develop
integrated thermal system solutions to overcome the temperature limitations of
current CSP systems, while lowering capital costs by enabling the use of
advanced turbines and achieving a higher overall system efficiency in
converting solar thermal energy into electricity. Applications to this FOA are
expected to advance individual high temperature components which have been
developed at lab scale, and test them as an integrated system at a multi-MW
thermal scale that can accept solar thermal energy, store it, and efficiently
deliver it to a working fluid at high temperature, representative of a high
efficiency power cycle.
Announcement
Number:
DE-FOA-0001697
Closing
Date:
Concept Paper Submission Deadline: 11/3/2017 5:00 PM ET
Full
Application Submission Deadline: 1/19/2018 5:00 PM ET
Link
to Full Announcement
https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/#FoaId526233a7-c2f2-48ad-92b8-eb08ae45874e
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