To lean on old sports cliché, it’s not about how you start, it’s how you finish.
In the U.S., concentrated solar power’s start can be summarized as a sputter. After several starts and stops over the past 30 years, CSP’s operational capacity in the U.S. is roughly 1.8 GW. Solar photovoltaic technology, meanwhile, claims about 113.5 GW of capacity, with most of its growth occurring over the past decade, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
So, why is the Biden administration investing up to $30 million in CSP research and development? The Department of Energy (DOE) is offering $25 million to fund CSP research, development, and demonstration and another $5 million for novel projects.
