U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy  SunShot Initiative  Component R&D for CSP Systems  The
SunShot Initiative goal is to reduce the levelized cost of
electricity generated by concentrating solar power (CSP) to
$0.06 per kilowatt hour (kWh) or less, without any subsidy, by
the year 2020. Concentrating solar power systems have different
system configurations, such as trough, tower, linear Fresnel or
dish, but they all share similar components. The SunShot CSP
program funds research and development within the industry,
national laboratories and universities to achieve the technical
and economic targets for the following CSP component
technologies: