When completed in 2024, the “multi-megawatt” solar thermal pilot project will utilize an existing heliostat field at Sandia's National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to concentrate sunlight on a gravity-driven particle-based receiver and.
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This funding will focus on non-lithium technologies, long-duration (10+ hour discharge) systems, and stationary storage applications. In September 2024, DOE announced up to $100 million in funding to support pilot-scale energy storage demonstration projects.
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