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Heliogen tests its concentrated solar control software at Sandia Labs (www.power-eng.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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According to the company, correcting the aim of the NSTTF heliostats using its software reduced tracking error to 0.33 mrad, surpassing the project target of less than 1.0 mrad. The software also measured the alignment of the mirror facets to improve beam quality.

Concentrated solar is great because it can collect more of the Sun' energy than PV AND can store it AND doesn't create toxic waste at the end of the life of the reflectors. It's weird that it's so much more expensive than PV.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That doesn't look like SNL