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Heliostat Consortium Publishes Annual Report Highlighting Impactful Technical Projects, Opens Second RFP

The Heliostat Consortium (HelioCon) announced publication of the HelioCon Annual Report: 2023, which provides detailed information on progress the HelioCon team has made since its founding, including developing impactful technical projects; expanding the number of partnerships with industry, research, education, and other institutions; increasing staff size; providing information to a growing audience through its web presence; and participating in national and international conferences with industry leaders. HelioCon also announced the opening of a new request for proposals (RFP) focused on lowering the costs of heliostat technologies, improving performance, and creating new heliostat industry opportunities. Read the full news release.

Stephanie Meyen

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Dr. Michel Izygon (Tietronix)

Dr. Michel Izygon has been involved in the design and performance assessment of central receiver solar plants since the 1980s—on projects such as Themis in France, Solar One and Solar Two in the United States. For the past 12 years, Dr. Izygon has been part of the Independent Engineering Team for the Ivanpah project, responsible for monitoring the control system. Similarly, he is part of the Lenders Technical Advisory team for two CSP plants in Ashalim, Israel, also responsible for the control system. He has been part of the Independent Engineering team that worked to resolve multiple issues at the Crescent Dunes project, focusing on the solar field. Dr. Izygon has spearheaded the development of TieSOL, a suite of software that leverages the power of GPUs for Ray Tracing based computation of all the optical losses associated with the operation of solar tower power plants. Dr. Izygon has also been working in collaboration with NREL on the innovative Non-Intrusive Optical (NIO) method for characterization of heliostats. As part of Tietronix advanced software services, Dr. Izygon has been involved in the infusion of Digital Twin and MBSE technologies to NASA/Johnson Space Center..
michel.izygon@tietronix.com

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