Heliogen and NantG Power collaborate on solar thermal calcination design

Heliogen technology, and NantG Power, LLC, an advanced battery and manufacturing company developing a radical new approach to designing and manufacturing batteries, announced an engineering services agreement to leverage Heliogen’s core intellectual property to develop a pilot solar thermal calcination facility. Under the agreement, Heliogen, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Heliogen Holdings will provide front-end concept design services and research and development engineering services, paving the way for NantG Power to purchase a commercial-scale calcination facility. The scope of this initial contract includes field testing at Heliogen’s demonstration-scale facility in Lancaster, CA, the development of a technoeconomic model for a future commercial facility, and preliminary engineering services for a new pilot calcination facility. This initial work will serve as a basis for the future deployment of commercial-scale calcination facilities.