Reflecting hope: Concentrating solar power can feed the grid and perhaps even remove carbon from Earth's atmosphere

In recent years, Heliocon and the promise of CSP has attracted the interest of two of the best mirror and optics experts on earth: Roger Angel and Daewook Kim of the University of Arizona and its Wyant College of Optical Sciences, and Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory.

Angel is the current and founding director of the UA’s famed Mirror Lab, whose large-mirror innovations have revolutionized ground-based astronomy.

Kim’s expertise in optical engineering has ensured precision and the best-possible views of the Universe from many existing world-class instruments, including the coming Giant Magellan Telescope with its seven 27-foot diameter mirrors.

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