Heliostat cost reduction - Where to now?

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-70

  Coventry, J ^a   Pye, J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost reduction; Heliostat; LCOE; Manufacturing; Review; Size; Wind load

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LOADS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DYNAMIC LOADS; HELIOSTATS (INSTRUMENTS); LOADS (FORCES); MANUFACTURE; REVIEWS; WIND STRESS;

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY; LCOE; RESEARCH INITIATIVES; SIZE; SOLAR TOWER TECHNOLOGY; STATE OF THE ART; WIND LOAD; WIND LOAD ANALYSIS;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 84902294227     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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