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Heliostat Prize

The American-Made Heliostat Prize is a 3-contest challenge designed to accelerate technology innovation of selected heliostat components.
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Summary

Overview

 

New energy technologies are reshaping the national and global energy landscape. Increased deployment of solar technology will require flexible and dispatchable generation and energy storage technologies, like concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) with thermal energy storage, to ensure reliability of the grid. Achieving these targets will depend heavily on reducing the cost of heliostats – which track the sun and reflect light, concentrating it on a receiver – to $50/m2, while improving technical performance, from an existing baseline of approximately $96-$127/m2. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is seeking to reduce the cost of heliostats, in this prize, by specifically focusing on reducing the cost, or validating the performance of novel components. This prize is designed to accelerate heliostat component technology innovation through the design, development, demonstration, and eventual commercialization of selected heliostat components.

 

 

 


Guidelines

Please review the official rules for the complete application process and instructions for competing. The rules document can be downloaded by following this link or by visiting the 'Resources' tab on our HeroX page. 

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Heliostat Prize Official Rules

June 1, 2023, 9:26 a.m. PDT by Patrick Hayes

The official rules for the American-Made Heliostat Prize are now available! Download the PDF at this link or select the 'Resources' tab on this HeroX page to access the document.


Updates coming soon!

May 16, 2023, 11:46 a.m. PDT by Patrick Hayes

We are excited by the early interest in the American-Made Heliostat Prize since our soft launch on Earth Day in April. Please continue to follow our HeroX page for official rules and other information in the coming days.


Forum3
Teams108
Resources
FAQ