SunRing™ | Advanced wireless heliostat
We are now testing refined prototypes of an advanced 27m heliostat that is completely wireless, quick-to-assemble, easily-installed, and highly cost-competitive.
Built on our innovative geared azimuth tracker, the heliostat's key advantages include:
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Material-efficient steel space frame backing structure (patent pending)
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Rapidly-installed non-excavated shallow foundations
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Low-cost, fully-wireless drives and tracking controller
These innovations will greatly reduce the cost and timeline associated with solar field construction in new tower plants including our Dispatchable Solar Power plant design.
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This promising new technology is being developed and tested under cost-shared funding support from the U.S. SunShot Initiative. For more information please see the SunShot project profile or contact us.
