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09:00    Opening Session OPENING Kiva Auditorium
Chair: Avi Shultz, U.S. Department of Energy
1
David Turk, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
2
Martin Heinrich, U.S. Senator (NM)
3
Avi Shultz, U.S. Department of Energy
Avi Shultz, US Department of Energy
4
Paolo Frankl, IEA Renewable Energy Division
5
Jamey Stillings, Jamey Stillings Photography, Inc.
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10:15 Coffee Break
10:45    CSP Market Update PLENARY_1 Kiva Auditorium
Chair: Eduardo Zarza, CIEMAT-PSA
1
CSP, the key to dispatchable solar-hybrid solutions. SOLGEST and FUERTEVENTURA projects
Sergio Relloso, SENER
2
Chinese CSP market Overview
Alina Gilmanova, Independent Expert
3
Project experience in China
Jonny Liu, Cosin Solar
4
Project development experience and new perspectives in Australia
Craig Wood, Vast Solar
5
IRENA perspective on CSP market
Michael Taylor, IRENA
12:15 Lunch
13:15    CSP/TES Market Analysis PLENARY_2 Kiva Auditorium
Chair: Mark Mehos, NREL
1
Opportunities for CSP and other long duration storage in the U.S. power grid
Paul Denholm, NREL
2
Hybrid CSP-PV power plants: cost-effective baseload power combining solar and long-duration energy storage
Rafael Guedez, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
3
Long Duration Energy Storage is Essential to Meeting Net Zero Targets
Julia Souder, Executive Director LDES Council
14:30    US Market Panel PLENARY_3 Kiva Auditorium
Chair: John White, Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies
1
Nicholas Phillips, Public Service Company of New Mexico
2
Judith Iklé, California Public Utilities Commission
3
Cynthia Hall, Chair of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
4
Hank Price, Solar Dynamics LLC
16:00 Coffee Break
16:30    Poster Session POSTER-TUE Ballroom B
TUE-A-01
A Continuation on the Study of the Optimum Discrete Structure Configuration in Obstructed Flow Particle Heating Receivers
Sheldon Jeter, Georgia Institute of Technology
TUE-A-02
Synthesis of Monoclinic Zirconia Through Concentrated Solar Energy
Laura G. Ceballos Mendivil, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Facultad de Ingeniería Mochis
TUE-A-03
Design of a Scheffler Mosaic Mirror by Optical Raytracing and CAD Software
Daniela Fontani, CNR-INO
TUE-A-04
High Temperature Ternary Chloride Molten Salt Pump
Lewis Handy-Cardenas, University of Wisconsin - Madison
TUE-A-05
Operating Parabolic Troughs with Molten Salt: Solar field Optimisation and Ternary Salt Properties
Dirk Krüger, German Aerospaces Center
TUE-A-06
Development of Compact Plasma Sprayed Coatings for High Temperature Solar Tower Receivers
David Merino-Millán, Rey Juan Carlos University
TUE-A-07
Application of the Near Net Shape Hot Isostatic Press Manufacturing Modality using Gamma Prime Strengthened Alloys to sCO2 CSP Power Cycles.
Jason Mortzheim, GE Research
TUE-A-08
Therma 4910 for Molten Salt Storage Tanks: Improved Stress Relaxation cracking and high temperature properties
Melissa Oum, Outokumpu Stainless AB
TUE-A-10
A High-Efficiency Carbon Nanotube–Coated Hybrid Seal for CSP Compressors
Jun Qu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
TUE-A-11
An Experimental Measurement of the Effective Solar Absorptance of a White Sand Curtain in a Particle Heating Receiver System
Rageh.S Saeed, King Saud University
TUE-A-12
Optimization of Spinel Absorber Coatings for CSP Particle Receivers
Gema San Vicente, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)
TUE-A-13
Sensing Properties of Metamaterials utilized as Self-Cleaning Coating for Solar Mirrors
Luca Turchetti, ENEA Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
TUE-A-14
Scalable, Infiltration-Free Ceramic Matrix Composite (sif-Cmc) Manufacturing for Molten Salt Receiver: Investigation of Particle-Loaded Preceramic Resin
Austin Wei, PARC
TUE-A-15
Metal to Ceramic Joining Methods to Support Development of Advanced Ceramic-Based CSP Components
Youyang Zhao, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
TUE-A-16
Porous Geopolymer Material as Internal Insulation for Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage Applications
Youyang Zhao, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
TUE-A-17
Alumina and Spinel Meeting Resulted in Spectrally Selective Absorber Coatings for SHIP
Luka Noč, National Institute of Chemistry
TUE-B-01
Analysis of Different Permutation of Hybrid Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) & Pumped Thermal Energy Storage (PTES) System
Guillermo Anaya, Sandia National Laboratories
TUE-B-02
Validation of a Thermo-Hydraulic Molten Salt Receiver Model
Florian Angele, Solar-Institut Jülich
TUE-B-03
Technical-Economic Feasibility Study of Hybrid CSP Plants with Gas in Chile
Catalina Caceres, Universidad de Chile
TUE-B-04
Cost-effective Pneumatic Particle Recycling System for Lab-scale Particle Heat Exchanger Studies
Wanjun Dang, Colorado School of Mines
TUE-B-05
Reduced Order Modelling for the Optimization of CSP Tower Receivers and their Cavities for High Temperature Applications
Jorge Galan-Vioque, University of Sevilla
TUE-B-06
Techno-Economic Analysis of Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant Powered by Hybridized PV and CSP Systems for Irrigation Water
Eylül Gedik, Middle East Technical University
TUE-B-07
Integration Design and Control Strategy of sCO2 Brayton Cycles for Particle-based High Temperature Concentrated Solar Power Plants
Feng Hu, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
TUE-B-08
Hybrid Concentrated Solar Biomass (HCSB) Plants for Supporting Clean Energy Transitions
Ella Middelhoff, Institute for Sustainable Futures
TUE-B-09
Gradient-Based Power Plant Design Using Differentiable Raytracing
Max Pargmann, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
TUE-B-10
Hybrid Solar-biomass with Energy Storage Comprehensive Analysis for District Heating Systems
Juan José Roncal Casano, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
TUE-B-11
Performance Bounds of PV Mirror Hybrid Systems
Alexis Vossier, PROMES-CNRS
TUE-D-01
Global CSP Library Archive for Improved Resource Access
Kenneth Armijo, Sandia National Laboratories
TUE-D-02
HelioCON Techno-Economic Analysis of Heliostats Review
Natalie Gayoso, Sandia National Laboratories
TUE-D-03
Modelling of Solar Thermal Electricity Plants in the POSYTYF Research Project for an Extensive Integration of Renewable Energy Sources
Lourdes González, Ciemat-PSA
TUE-D-04
Development of Concentrating Heliostats for High Temperature Solar Chemical Applications
Juan Pablo González-López, Instituto de Energías Renovables, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
TUE-D-05
Techno-Economic Analysis of a Hybrid Particle CSP- PV Plant Including Cogeneration
Stefan Morosanu, royal institute of technology (KTH)
TUE-D-06
EU-SOLARIS: The European Research Infrastructure Consortium for CSP Technologies
Ricardo Sánchez, CIEMAT-PSA
18:00    Welcome Reception WELCOME Ballroom A
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