Joint Solar Power Industry and Department of Energy Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP)

Steve Wilcox; Daryl Myers

doi:10.1117/12.828276

20 August 2009 Joint Solar Power Industry and Department of Energy Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP)

Steve Wilcox, Daryl Myers

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Proceedings Volume 7410, Optical Modeling and Measurements for Solar Energy Systems III; 741006 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.828276
Event: SPIE Solar Energy + Technology, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has embarked on a collaborative effort with the solar industry to establish high quality solar and meteorological measurements. This Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP) provides high quality measurements to support deployment of concentrating solar thermal power projects in the United States. The no-funds-exchanged collaboration brings NREL solar resource assessment expertise together with industry needs for measurements. The end result will be high quality data sets to support the financing, design, and monitoring of large scale solar power projects for industry in addition to research-quality data for NREL model development. NREL provides consultation for instrumentation and station deployment, along with instrument calibrations, data acquisition, quality assessment, data distribution, and summary reports. Industry participants provide equipment, infrastructure, and station maintenance.

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Steve Wilcox and Daryl Myers "Joint Solar Power Industry and Department of Energy Solar Resource and Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP)", Proc. SPIE 7410, Optical Modeling and Measurements for Solar Energy Systems III, 741006 (20 August 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.828276

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