NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are responsible for developing and promoting the commercialization of solar thermal electric technologies for the U. S. Department of Energy. The three major types of solar thermal electric technologies are trough-electric, dish/engine, and power tower systems. The latter two of these technologies utilize large solar concentrators (dishes and heliostats) to track the sun. The drive systems for dishes and heliostats are a significant part of the solar concentrator, representing from 25% to 35% of the total installed cost. We anticipate the future deployment of a large number of dishes and heliostats starting during the next five years. Because we have only a limited number of relatively expensive options for drives, we are interested in evaluating existing gear reducers that may be modified or adapted to our applications. If your company has such a gear reducer and you are interested in working with us to develop it for dish and heliostat drives, please contact Ms. Jeannette Lloyd at the address shown below by July 11, 1997, at the very latest. Ms. Jeannette M. Lloyd Solar Thermal Test Department Sandia National Laboratories P. O. Box 5800, MS 1127 Albuquerque, NM 87185 Telephone (505) 845-7153 Facsimile (505) 845-3366 Email jmlloyd@sandia.gov In your contact information, please provide the following: the name of your company; the name, address, telephone, FAX, and email for the principal contact; and any brochures that describe your products. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ms. Lloyd. E-MAIL: Jeanette M. Lloyd, jmlloyd@sandia.gov.

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