CX-101960: UAS Flights for Heliostat Imagery - Flatirons Campus

Award Number: DE-AC36-08GO28308, CX(s) Applied: B3.2, NREL, Location(s): CO, Office(s): Golden Field Office

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November 17, 2020
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Award Number: DE-AC36-08GO28308
CX(s) Applied: B3.2
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Location(s): CO
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is proposing to use uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) to conduct flights with UAS to take aerial imagery of heliostats to detect and analyze distortions to increase concentrated solar power (CSP) efficiency in tower collector plants.