ABSTRACT:
The United States Department of Energy (DoE} will shortly be contracting with Industry to design and construct the first solar thermal Central Receiver Pilot Plant at Barstow, California. In anticipation of that event the DoE has established a Solar Ten Megawatt Project Office (STMPO) in the Los Angeles area, and subsequently has staffed and supported it with several technical organizations. A number of preliminary studies and conceptual design tasks were assigned to those support organizations to prepare for a rapid and efficient design phase.