📅 DEADLINE EXTENDED: Share Your Thoughts on Supercritical CO₂ Turbomachinery for CSP Plants

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Solar Energy Technologies Office 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) extended the deadline to respond to the Supercritical Carbon Dioxide-Based Turbomachinery for Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power Plants Request for Information (RFI) to February 20.  

SETO seeks to better understand the opportunities to deploy supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2)-based turbomachinery for concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants. Power cycles based on sCO2 as the working fluid have the potential to yield higher thermal efficiencies at a lower cost than state-of-the-art steam-based power cycles. This RFI aims to advance alternatives to conventional renewable-based power generation and energy storage solutions. 

SETO seeks feedback from members of the renewable energy industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other relevant organizations on two topic areas:  

  • sCO2 Turbomachinery Sub-Component De-Risking: Gaps in technology development to improve equipment performance and reliability.   
  • sCO2 Turbomachinery Market: Opportunities and challenges for power generation and energy storage applications.  

Download the RFI and submit responses by February 20 at 5 p.m. ET.Â