ABSTRACT:
A technical, economical, and programmatic basis is presented to expand the current Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Industrial Process Heat Program to include high-temperature, high-grade thermal energy generated via solar thermal electric system technology •. The activity represented by this report was conducted by The Aerospace Corporation under the sponsorship of DOE's Advance Technology Branch, Division of Solar Energy. The time period involved was 1977 and early 1978. The activity was originated under the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and subsequently transferred to DOE. Many of the results presented were derived in coordination with industrial firms dedicated to maintaining and advancing their technology and business posture in the process heat market.