Publications

NREL develops publications—including technical reports, journal articles, and conference papers—about its research and development (R&D) activities in concentrating solar power (CSP).

You can find publications by two means:

• Search the NREL Publications Database using your own search terms.
• View chronological listings of publications within the key areas of CSP below.

Analysis

Techno-economic

Systems analysis

Grid integration

Flexibility

Dispatchability

Levelized cost of energy (LCOE)

Thermal energy storage

Resource

Life Cycle

Power Block and Balance of Plant R&D

Supercritical CO₂

Water

Cooling

Wet

Dry

Solar Field R&D

Reflector

Absorber

Receivers

Durability

Solar field

Thermal Energy Storage and Heat Transfer Fluids R&D

Storage

Molten salt

Particle

Supercritical

Carbon dioxide

Thermocline

Phase change

Thermochemical