CSP for industry: a hugely efficient means for CO2 avoidance
Just one acre of FOCUS concentrators can provide a CO2 mitigation impact equal to hundreds of acres of forest
Insights
The economics of a solar thermal energy project using the FOCUS
The FOCUS can be a highly cashflow positive project for U.S. companies meeting the necessary criteria
Solar thermal's massive but under-appreciated decarbonization potential
~6% of U.S. energy consumption could be decarbonized by using solar energy for industrial process heat applications
FOCUS in the field: reflecting on a year of operation
In this blog post, we review the most recent 12 months of operational data from the FOCUS concentrator
Introducing CASPER, a web-based tool to compare the performance of CSP technologies
CASPER allows users to compare the performance of the FOCUS vs. other CSP technologies, for any location in the world
Solarflux FOCUS parabolic dish concentrator demonstrates 72% solar-to-thermal conversion efficiency
Annual energy yield from the FOCUS solar concentrator significantly above that of alternative solar energy systems
The Promise of Parabolic Dish CSP Technology
Parabolic dishes are commonly understood to be the most efficient concentrating solar power (CSP) technology
Award of a $340K grant from the Met-Ed / Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund
The funds will assist with the implementation of a volume production process for the FOCUS