U.S. Department of Energy focuses solar thermal research funds on heat transfer fluids

We met last week with Frank “Tex” Wilkins of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Program. Frank is responsible for DOE’s efforts in concentrated solar power (CSP), also known as solar thermal, and he shared details on DOE’s recent solicitation of grant proposals for work on...

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