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The research team extends their heartfelt gratitude and sincere appreciation to the Sustainable Energy Technologies Center for its invaluable support in conducting this research
- CSP Solar
- HTFs
- LCOE
- Coupled Analysis
We wish to confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with this publication and there has been no significant financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome.

