-- These projects are inactive --
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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