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Wilson TurboPower Inc. will receive up to $3.7 million over five years to develop a “concentrating solar power system” capable of providing low-cost electrical power, the U.S. Department of Energy said Friday.
The Woburn-based company will receive the money to research, develop and demonstrate the CSP system. CSP technologies concentrate the sun’s energy and capture the energy as heat, which then drives an engine or turbine to produce electricity.
The grant is part of a nationwide DOE award of up to $62 million for CSP projects.
Wilson TurboPower aims to utilize a small transportable turbine power system in a modular CSP solar power tower configuration, according to the DOE. By building a more compact CSP power block, the power block can be assembled in-factory and shipped to a worksite, the DOE said.
The novel design is intended to operate at high temperatures and allow for super-efficient operation, according to the DOE.
Wilson TurboPower was co-founded in 2001 by David Gordon Wilson, a professor at MIT, and Bruce Anderson, CEO of Wilson TurboPower. Officials at the firm have told Mass High Tech that they have applied MIT-patented technology to engineer, build and test their ultra-efficient heat exchanger.
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