This special issue of the ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering is devoted to concentrated solar chemistry, fuels, and power. The special issue is organized by the ASME Solar Energy Division Executive Committee, with Guest Editors from around the world that are well known in the field of concentrated solar. For 10 years, the annual ASME Energy Sustainability Conference has been a meeting place for scientists and engineers from industry, academia, and government to discuss progress and form collaborations in solar energy research and development. As is the intent of the ASME Energy Sustainability Conference, this special issue seeks to highlight innovative technologies, research and design advances, and solutions in the field of concentrated solar energy which bring us further along the path toward energy sustainability.
Christian Sattler studied chemistry and received his Ph.D. from the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany in 1997. He is the head of the Department...
