All Current SunShot CSP Research Awards

Also, find completed SunShot Initiative awards here: CSP Research Awards: 2007-2015

Sunshot Initiative CSP Research in Progress: 2017

PROJECT TITLE	AWARDEE	PROGRAM AREA	AWARD TYPE	FUNDING OPPORTUNITY	STATUS	YEAR AWARDED	AMOUNT AWARDED	STATE
Unique Single-Axis Tracking Planar Waveguide Optical Collector for CSP Modules	Agira Inc.	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Concentrating Optics for Lower Levelized Energy Costs	Active	2016	$628,478	MA
Low-Cost Concentrated Solar Power Collector	Hyperlight Energy	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Concentrating Optics for Lower Levelized Energy Costs	Active	2016	$1,483,299	CA
Dielectric Metasurface Concentrators	University of California, San Diego	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Concentrating Optics for Lower Levelized Energy Costs	Active	2016	$2,000,000	CA
Green Parabolic Trough Collector Inspired by an Architectural Paradigm	Sunvapor Inc.	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Concentrating Optics for Lower Levelized Energy Costs	Active	2016	$1,740,564	CA
CSP Based on Active Microfluidic Mirror Arrays	Giant Leap Technologies	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Concentrating Optics for Lower Levelized Energy Costs	Active	2016	$1,750,000	CA
Development of a Planar Focusing Collector for CSP	University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Concentrating Optics for Lower Levelized Energy Costs	Active	2016	$1,381,879	IL
High Efficiency Latent Heat Based Thermal Energy Storage System Compatible with Supercritical CO₂Power Cycle	Argonne National Laboratory	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Advanced Projects Offering Low LCOE Opportunities	Active	2015	$1,050,000	IL
Advanced Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Cycles	University of Wisconsin	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Advanced Projects Offering Low LCOE Opportunities	Active	2015	$1,899,986	WI
Enhancement of Optical Efficiency of CSP Mirrors and Receivers with Reduced O&M Cost via Near-Continuous Operation of Self-Cleaning Electrodynamic Screens	Boston University	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Advanced Projects Offering Low LCOE Opportunities	Active	2015	$1,150,000	MA
Integrated Solar Receiver with Thermal Storage for an sCO₂ Power Cycle	Brayton Energy	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Advanced Projects Offering Low LCOE Opportunities	Active	2015	$2,600,000	NH
Robust, Cost-Effective Heat Exchangers for 800C Operation with Supercritical CO₂	Purdue University	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Advanced Projects Offering Low LCOE Opportunities	Active	2015	$3,845,079	IN
Demonstration of High-Temperature Calcium-Based Thermochemical Storage System for use with Concentrating Solar Power Facilities	Southern Research Institute	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Advanced Projects Offering Low LCOE Opportunities	Active	2015	$2,000,000	AL
Development of an Integrally Geared Compressor-Expander for SCO₂Brayton Cycle Power Generation Applications	Southwest Research Institute	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Advanced Projects Offering Low LCOE Opportunities	Active	2015	$5,350,000	TX
Development of 800°C Integrated Flow Channel Ceramic Receiver	SolarReserve	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Advanced Projects Offering Low LCOE Opportunities	Active	2015	$2,357,159	CA
Thermodynamically Stable, High Temperature, Long-Term Antioxidation Cermet Solar Selective Absorbers from Low-Cost Solution-Chemical Processing	Dartmouth College	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Advanced Projects Offering Low LCOE Opportunities	Active	2015	$656,831	NH
Sodium Ion Expansion Engine Power Block for Distributed CSP	Ceramatec	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Advanced Projects Offering Low LCOE Opportunities	Active	2015	$2,348,780	UT
Compression System Design and Testing for sCO₂CSP Operation	General Electric – GE Global Research	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Advanced Projects Offering Low LCOE Opportunities	Active	2015	$3,800,000	NY
High Flux Microchannel Receiver Development	Oregon State University	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Concentrating Solar Power: Advanced Projects Offering Low LCOE Opportunities	Active	2015	$2,000,000	OR
Refractory Solar Selective Coatings	Argonne National Laboratory	Concentrating Solar Power	Lab Award	SunShot National Laboratory Multiyear Partnership	Active	2015	$3,605,721	IL
Concurrent Optimization of Component Capital Cost and Expected Operations and Management	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	Concentrating Solar Power	Lab Award	SunShot National Laboratory Multiyear Partnership	Active	2015	$3,000,000	CO
CSP Systems Analysis	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	Concentrating Solar Power	Lab Award	SunShot National Laboratory Multiyear Partnership	Active	2015	$2,249,897	CO
High Temperature Heat Pipe Receiver for Parabolic Trough Collectors	Los Alamos National Laboratory	Concentrating Solar Power	Lab Award	SunShot National Laboratory Multiyear Partnership	Active	2015	$3,000,000	NM
Binary Metal Chalcogenides for High Temperature Thermal Storage	Los Alamos National Laboratory	Concentrating Solar Power	Lab Award	SunShot National Laboratory Multiyear Partnership	Active	2015	$3,450,000	NM
Lifetime Model Development for Supercritical CO₂CSP Systems	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Concentrating Solar Power	Lab Award	SunShot National Laboratory Multiyear Partnership	Active	2015	$2,175,000	TN
Advanced Anti-Soiling Coatings for CSP Collector Mirrors and Heliostats	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Concentrating Solar Power	Lab Award	SunShot National Laboratory Multiyear Partnership	Active	2015	$2,800,000	TN
National Solar Thermal Test Facility Operations and Maintenance	Sandia National Laboratories	Concentrating Solar Power	Lab Award	SunShot National Laboratory Multiyear Partnership	Active	2015	$2,250,000	NM
High-Temperature Particle Heat Exchanger for sCO₂Power Cycles	Sandia National Laboratories	Concentrating Solar Power	Lab Award	SunShot National Laboratory Multiyear Partnership	Active	2015	$4,586,967	NM
Fractal-Like Receiver Designs for High-Temperature High-Efficiency Operation	Sandia National Laboratories	Concentrating Solar Power	Lab Award	SunShot National Laboratory Multiyear Partnership	Active	2015	$882,232	NM
Physics-Based Reliability Models for Supercritical-CO₂Turbomachinery Components	General Electric	Photovoltaics, Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Physics of Reliability: Evaluating Design Insights for Component Technologies in Solar	Active	2013	$1,933,139	NY
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Turbo-Expander and Heat Exchangers	Southwest Research Institute	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	SunShot Concentrating Solar Power R&D	Active	2012	$6,785,893	TX
Production-Ready Dish-Cpv Generator	University of Arizona	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative: High Operating Temperature Fluids	Active	2012	$5,506,005	AZ
Scale-Up And Optimization Of Cigs Tandem Module For Production Readiness	University of California, Los Angeles	Concentrating Solar Power	Funding Opportunity	Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative: High Operating Temperature Fluids	Active	2012	$4,998,834	CA

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