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The US DOE announces new 2023 solar technologies funding of $200,000 initially for early stage CSP/CST innovations, and up to $1.1 million on proof of feasibility On December 12, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released new funding for the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I program for Fiscal Year …
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Following the successful execution of HORIZON_STE project, ESTELA and project partners CIEMAT, ENEA, DLR and METU are happy to share the final deliverables of the project: Final Country Reports, that include the research, key findings, conclusions and recommendations for 11 reviewed countries Report on Options for Future European Joint Programme for the CSP Sector Compilation …
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The energy crisis and decarbonising the heating sector – Concentrating solar thermal technology ready for efficient use in Germany. Concentrating solar thermal systems are still little known in Germany, although they are a highly efficient approach to producing heat from solar energy. In such a system, specialised mirrors arranged in different geometries are used to …
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Computational fluid dynamics study of hydrogen production using concentrated solar radiation as a heat source Published in the January Issue of Energy Conversion and Management Abstract The purpose of this paper is to study the performance of the steam methane reformer (SMR) using solar energy as a heat source using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) …