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• LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) of Parabolic Trough CSP: Materials Inventory and Embodied GHG Emissions from Two-Tank Indirect and Thermocline Thermal Storage (Presentation)

  Kubik, M., 2009, 15 p.

  Research output: NREL › Presentation

• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Concentrating Solar Power (Fact Sheet)

  Heath, G., 2012, 2 p.

  Research output: NREL › Fact Sheet

• Life Cycle Assessment of Thermal Energy Storage: Two-Tank Indirect and Thermocline

  Heath, G., 2009. 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• Life Cycle Assessment of a Parabolic Trough Concentrating Solar Power Plant and Impacts of Key Design Alternatives: Preprint

  Heath, G., 2011. 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• Life Cycle Environmental Impacts Resulting from the Manufacture of the Heliostat Field for a Reference Power Tower Design in the United States: Preprint

  Heath, G., 2012. 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• Meta-Analysis of Estimates of Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Concentrating Solar Power: Preprint

  Heath, G., 2011. 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• Life Cycle Assessment of a Model Parabolic Trough Concentrating Solar Power Plant With Thermal Energy Storage: Paper No. ES2010-90339

  Heath, G., Burkhardt, III, J. & Turchi, C., 2010, p. 599-608. 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• Life Cycle Assessment of a Parabolic Trough Concentrating Solar Power Plant and the Impacts of Key Design Alternatives

  Heath, G., Turchi, C. & Burkhardt, III, J., 2011, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 45, 6, p. 2457-2464 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Life Cycle Assessment of a Power Tower Concentrating Solar Plant and the Impacts of Key Design Alternatives

  Whitaker, M. B., Heath, G. A., Burkhardt, J. J. & Turchi, C. S., 4 Jun 2013, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 47, 11, p. 5896-5903 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  82 Scopus Citations

• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Trough and Tower Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation: Systematic Review and Harmonization

  Burkhardt, J. J., Heath, G. & Cohen, E., Apr 2012, In: Journal of Industrial Ecology. 16, Supplement 1, p. S93-S109

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  135 Scopus Citations

• Integrated Life-Cycle Assessment of Electricity-Supply Scenarios Confirms Global Environmental Benefit of Low-Carbon Technologies

  Heath, G., Hertwicha, E., Gibon, T., Bouman, E., Arvesen, A., Suh, S., Bergesen, J., Ramirez, A., Vega, M. & Shi, L., 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 20, p. 6277-6282 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  571 Scopus Citations

• Hybrid Natural Gas Geothermal Combined Cycle Power Plant Analysis: Paper No. SPE-215757-MS

  Wendt, D., Neupane, G., Simpson, J., Zhu, G. & McTigue, J., 2023. 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• Failure Analysis for Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage Tanks for In-Service CSP Plants

  Osorio, J., Mehos, M., Imponenti, L., Kelly, B., Price, H., Torres-Madronero, J., Rivera-Alvarez, A., Nieto-Londono, C., Ni, C., Yu, Z., Hamilton, W. & Martinek, J., 2024, 128 p.

  Research output: NREL › Technical Report

• Pathways to IEC Standards for Heliostat Design Qualification and Site Acceptance in Central Receiver CSP Applications

  Tsvankin, D. & Muller, M., 2024. 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• Molten Salt Power Tower Cost Model for the System Advisor Model (SAM)

  Turchi, C., 2013, 53 p.

  Research output: NREL › Technical Report

• Development of a Light-Trapping, Planar-Cavity Receiver for Enclosed Solar Particle Heating

  Ma, Z. & Martinek, J., 2024, 17 p.

  Research output: NREL › Presentation

• Characterizing and Improving the Performance of Molten-Salt-Steam Heat Exchangers in Concentrating Solar Power Plants: Article No. 118721

  Hood, K., Walsh, M., Zolan, A., Jackson, G. & Newman, A., 2024, In: Energy Conversion and Management. 315, 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  3 Scopus Citations

• Land-Use Requirements for Solar Power Plants in the United States

  Ong, S., Denholm, P., Heath, G., Margolis, R. & Campbell, C., 2013, 47 p.

  Research output: NREL › Technical Report

• Structural Design Considerations for Tubular Power Tower Receivers Operating at 650 Degrees C: Preprint

  Neises, T., Wagner, M. & Gray, A., 2014. 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• Solar Thermal Reactor Materials Characterization

  Bingham, C., 2008. 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• Optimizing Dispatch for a Concentrated Solar Power Tower

  Wagner, M., Hamilton, W., Newman, A., Dent, J., Diep, C. & Braun, R., 2018, In: Solar Energy. 174, p. 1198-1211 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  45 Scopus Citations

• Compilation of a Solar Mirror Materials Database and an Analysis of Natural and Accelerated Mirror Exposure and Degradation: Article No. 061012

  Farrell, T., Cao, Y., Burkholder, F., Celvi, D., Schreiber, C. & Zhu, G., 2023, In: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME. 145, 6, 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  2 Scopus Citations

• Environmental and Circular Economy Implications of Solar Energy in a Decarbonized U.S. Grid

  Heath, G., Ravikumar, D., Ovaitt, S., Walston, L., Curtis, T., Millstein, D., Mirletz, H., Hartmann, H. & McCall, J., 2022, 156 p.

  Research output: NREL › Technical Report

• Measurement and Reporting Guidelines for Solar Mirror Aging Tests Using Xenon Arc Lamp Exposure (XALE)

  Farrell, T., Burkholder, F. & Zhu, G., 2023, 20 p.

  Research output: NREL › Technical Report