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Parabolic Trough
Summary
Technical report (2007). Covers North Carolina, Colorado, Germany. Topics: solar thermal energy, parabolic trough, Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector, evacuated-tube collectors. Agencies: Western Area Power Administration, Canadian Renewable Energy Network, International Energy Agency. Cites 53 external works.
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Stakeholders (35)
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United States Forest ServiceUnited States Department of the InteriorUnited States Department of EnergyWestern Area Power AdministrationDepartment of JusticeNational Renewable Energy LaboratorySandia National LaboratoriesWestern Governors' Association
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The World BankCalifornia Energy CommissionImperial Irrigation DistrictUniversity of WisconsinElectric Power Research InstituteNRELLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryCalifornia Public Utility CommissionEuropean CommissionThe International Energy AgencyDLRSolarPacesFederal Energy Management ProgramSolar Energy Industries AssociationENEANISTCanadian Renewable Energy NetworkSocial Security AdministrationNew Technology Demonstration ProgramIberdrola Generation S.A.FEMPWashington State University Cooperative Extension Energy ProgramFederal Bureau of PrisonsIndustrial Solar TechnologyU.S. Army Yuma Proving GroundMAN FerrostaalGlobal Environment Facility
Places (35)
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Golden, ColoradoTexasGermanyYumaLas VegasSan DiegoWisconsinPennsylvaniaPhoenixSpainNew JerseyMadisonNorth Carolinaeastern OregonPlataformaTehachapiMojave DesertImperial ValleyKramer JunctionEastern WashingtonSilicon ValleyAdams County Detention Facility, Brighton, ColoradoFederal Correctional Institution, Phoenix, ArizonaSan AntonioBoronPhiladelphiaMadrid
Concepts & Topics (33)
radiative transfer modelingwater quality standardsstorageenergy budgetcostenergy developmentland use planningevaporative cooling
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renewable energylong-range transportspatial distribution modelingrenewable energyflat-plate collectorsparabolic troughpower towercompact linear Fresnel reflectorDatabase of State Incentives for Renewables and EfficiencyFederal Life-Cycle Costing ProceduresDSG processIndefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracttax creditssolar property tax exemptionelectric power rateselectric power ratesproperty taxEnergy Savings Performance Contractdistrict heatingdistrict heatingsolar thermal generationsolar thermal generationeconomies of scalecombined cycle systemscombined cycle systems
Species (1)
External References Cited (53)
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report (35)
- Clean and Diversified Energy Initiative: Solar Task Force Report (2006) — Western Governors' Association
- 2006 Parabolic Trough Technology Workshop (2006)
- DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF PARABOLIC TROUGH ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE POWERPLANTS (2006) — Andrew C. McMahan, Sanford A. Klein, Douglas T. Reindl
- Western Governors' Association Clean and Diversified Energy Initiative: 2006 Solar Task Force Report (2006)
- Assessment of the World Bank/GEF Strategy for the Market Development of Solar Thermal Power (2005) — Global Research Alliance for the World Bank
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- Storage Systems Used in Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants (2004) — Brosseau, D.A.; Hlava, P.F.; Kelly, M.J.
- Assessment of Parabolic Trough and Power Tower Solar Technology Cost and Performance Forecasts (2003) — Sargent & Lundy LLC Consulting Group
- Economic Valuation of a Geothermal Production Tax Credit (2002) — Owens, B.
- Fuel from the Sky: Solar Power's Potential for Western Energy Supply (2002) — Leitner, A., RDI Consulting
- Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference Proceedings (2000)
- Million Solar Roofs Initiative Award for 2000 (2000)
- Cost Reduction Study for Solar Thermal Power Plants (1999) — Enermodal Engineering Limited with Marbek Resource Consultants Ltd.
- Renewable Energy Technology Characterizations (1997) — Electric Power Research Institute
- Alternative Windpower Ownership Structures: Financing Terms and Pr• (1996) — Wiser, R., and Kahn, E.
- A Manual for the Economic Evaluation of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (1995) — Short, W.; Packey, D.J.; Holt, T.
- Barriers to Commercialization of Large-Scale Solar Electricity: Lessons Experience (1991) — Lotker, M.
- Phase-Change Thermal Energy Storage (1989) — LUZ International
- concentrating solar power resource maps
- Available Solar Radiation for Selected National Solar Radiation Data Base Stations
- Federal Life-Cycle Costing Procedures and the BLCC Software
- INDITEP - Integration of DSG Technology for Electricity Production
- Parabolic-Trough Solar Water Heating
- Concentrating Solar Power
- Solar Parabolic Trough
- ESPCs and Super ESPCs
- EuroTrough II, test and qualification of a full scale EuroTrough collectors
- Analytical Software Tools
- Concentrated Solar Thermal Power- Now! — Greenpeace
- Economic, Energy, and Environmental Benefits of Concentrating Solar Power In California
- publications on parabolic trough market and economic assessment
- Performance Contracting of a Large Parabolic Trough System at the Federal Correctional Institution-Phoenix
- solar data resources
- publications on parabolic trough power plant siting
- publications on parabolic trough feasibility studies and assessments
- Memorandum on Solar Thermal Power Plant Technology — Schott, A.G.
article (11)
- Lifetime of Imidazolium Salts at Elevated Temperatures (2005) — Blake, D.M.; Moens, L.; Rudnicki, D.; Pilath, H.
- Thermal Stability and Corrosivity Evaluations of Ionic Liquids as Media (2003) — Reddy, R.G.; Zhang, Z.; Arenas, M.F.; Blake, D.M.
- Evaluation of a Molten Salt Heat Transfer Fluid in a Parabolic Trough (2002) — Kearney, D; Kelly, B.; Herrmann, U.; Cable, R.; Pacheco, J.; Nava, P.; Potrovitza, N.
- Advanced Thermal Storage Fluids for Solar Parabolic Trough Systems (2002) — Moens L.; Blake, D.M.; Rudnicki, D.L.; Hale, M.J.
- Development of a Molten-Salt Thermocline Thermal Storage System for Plants (2002) — Pacheco, J.; Showalter, S.; Kolb, W.
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- Development of a High Temperature, Long-Shafted, Molten-Salt Applications (2002) — Barth, D.; Pacheco, J.; Kolb, W.; Rush, E.
- Performance of a Large Parabolic Trough Solar Water Heating System at Phoenix Federal Correctional Institution (2000)
- Solar Flares: Technology Hones the Efficiency of Sun-powered Energy Systems (1999)
- Prisoners in Hot Water (1999)
- Tax Barriers to Solar Central Receiver Generation Technology (1995) — Jenkins, A. ; Reilly, H.
- Financing Solar Thermal Power Plants — Kistner, R.; Price, H.
study (4)
- Evacuated-Tube Heat-Pipe Solar Collectors Applied to the Recirculation Loop in a Federal Building (2004)
- Roof Mount Parabolic Troughs; Fort Sam Houston Army Medical Base (2003) — Industrial Solar Technology Corp.
- Heating Water with Solar Energy Costs Less at the Phoenix Federal Correctional Institution (1998) — Federal Energy Management Program
- DISS project
legislation (1)
- Executive Order 12902
other (1)
- Solar America: A Solar Energy Tour of the United States (2001)
plan (1)
- Million Solar Roofs Initiative (1997)
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