2001 Solar Energy Forum: The Power to Choose
The Solar Energy Forum: The Power to Choose was held on April 21-25, 2001, in Washington, D.C. The forum featured presentations on the following topics:
- Power plant projects
- Technology advancements
- Concentrating solar power marketplace
- Solar Troughs I
- Solar Troughs II
- Solar resource assessment
- Related topics
The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
Parabolic Trough Power Plant Projects
Solar Trough Generation—The California Experience
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 2.5 MB)
Presenter/Author: Cable, R. (KJC Operating Company)
Also see our publications on parabolic trough power plants.
Parabolic Trough Technology Advancements
Parabolic Trough Wind Tunnel Testing
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 672 KB)
Presenter/Author: Gee, R. (Duke Solar)
Nitrate Salt as Trough Heat Transfer Fluid and Storage Fluid
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 124 KB)
Presenters/Authors: Kearney, D. (Kearney and Associates); Herrmann, U. (Flabeg Solar International GmbH)
Parabolic Trough Developments for Concentrating Solar Power Markets
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Presenter/Author: May, K. (Industrial Solar Technology)
Solel UVAC Trough Receiver Testing
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 1.8 MB)
Presenters/Authors: Cable, R. (KJC Operating Company); Mahoney, R. (SunLab)
A 500 kW Solar Thermal-Coal Hybrid Electric Power Plant
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 725 KB)
Presenter/Author: La Porta, C. (Capital Sun Group, Limited)
Also see our publications on parabolic trough technology.
Concentrating Solar Power in the Emerging Marketplace
Commercialization and Outlook of CSP Technologies
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 501 KB)
Presenter/Author: Cohen, G. (Duke Solar)
Project Development Activities in the U.S. and Europe
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 1 MB)
Presenter/Author: Aringhoff, R. (Flabeg Solar International GmbH)
The Commercial Path Forward for CSP Technologies
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 352 KB)
Presenter/Author: Morse, F. (Morse Associates, Inc.)
Perspective of the Global Environmental Facility/World Bank
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 73 KB)
Presenter/Author: Rittner, F. (Global Environment Facility)
Also see our publications on parabolic trough power plant market and economics.
Solar Troughs I
EuroTrough Design Issues and Prototype Testing at PSA
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 3.4 MB)
Presenters/Authors: Lüpfert, E. (German Aerospace Center); Geyer, M. (PSA); Schiel, W. (Schlaich Bergermann und Partner); Esteban, A. and Osuna, R. (INABENSA); Zarza, E. (CIEMAT-PSA); Nava, P. (FLABEG Solar International)
Optimization Studies for Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Systems
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 175 KB)
Presenters/Authors: Kelly, B. (Nextant); Herrmann, U. (Flabeg Solar International); Hale, M.J. (NREL)
Parabolic Trough Power for the California Competitive Market
NREL Presentation: (PDF 1.3 MB)
Presenters/Authors: Price, H. (NREL); Cable, R. (KJC Operating Company)
TRNSYS Modeling of the SEGS VI Parabolic Trough Solar Electric Generating System
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 539 KB)
Presenters/Authors: Jones, S. (Sandia National Laboratories); Pitz-Paal, R. and Schwarzboezl, P. (DLR); Blair, N. (University of Wisconsin); Cable, R. (KJC Solar)
greenius — A New Simulation Environment for Technical and Economical Analysis of Renewable Independent Power Project
Presentation Posted with Permission: (PDF 3.3 MB)
Presenters/Authors: Quaschning, V.; Ortmanns, W.; and Kistner, R. (German Aerospace Center); Geyer, M. (Plataforma Solar de Almería)
Solar Troughs II
The DISS Project: Direct Steam Generation in Parabolic Troughs: Operation and Maintenance Experience—Update on Project Status
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Presenters/Authors: Zarza, E.; Valenzuela, and Leon, J. (CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería); Hennecke, K.; Eck, M.; Eickoff, M.; Weyers. H.-Dieter (DLR)
Direct Steam Generation in Parabolic Troughs: First Results of the DISS Project
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Presenters/Authors: Eck, M.; and Steinmann, W.D. (German Aerospace Center/DLR)
Modular Trough Power Plants
NREL Presentation: (PUBS PROCESS)
Presenters: Hassani, V.; Price, H.
Novel Ionic Liquid Thermal Storage for Solar Thermal Electric Power Systems
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Presenters/Authors: Reddy, R.G.; Wu, B.; and Rogers, R. D. (University of Alabama)
Development of a Molten-Salt Thermocline Thermal Storage System for Parabolic Trough Plants
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Presenters/Authors: Pacheco, J.; Showalter, S.; and Kolb, W. (Sandia National Laboratories)
Parabolic Trough Solar Resource Assessment
Effective Accuracy of Satellite-Derived Global, Direct and Diffuse Irradiance in the Central United States
NREL Co-Authored Presentation: (PDF 1.3 MB)
Presenters/Authors: Perez, R.; Kmiecik, M. (The University at Albany); Zelenka, A. (MeteoSuisse); Renn, D.; and George, R. (NREL)
Comparison of Measured Direct Normal Radiation to Estimates Modeled from Satellite Data
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Presenters/Authors: DiPasquale, R.; Brown, D.; Chandler W.; and Whitlock, C. (Science Applications International Corporation); Cable, R. (KJC Operating Company); Stackhouse, Jr., P. (NASA Langley Research Center)
NREL North American Solar Radiation Atlas
NREL Presentation: (PDF 1.3 MB)
Presenters/Authors: George, R.; Gray-Hann, P.
Also see our publications and resources on parabolic trough solar data.
Related Topics
Development of a High-Temperature, Long-Shafted Molten-Salt Pump
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Presenters/Authors: Barth, D. (Nagle Pumps, Inc.); Pacheco, J.; Kolb, W.; and Rush, E. (Sandia National Laboratories)
Progress Toward Roll Processing of Solar Reflective Material
NREL Co-Authored Presentation: (PDF 1.3 MB)
Presenters/Authors: Smilgys, R. V.; and Wallace, S. (Science Applications International Corporation); Kennedy, C. (NREL)
