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Heliostat

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-000987

A mirror that reflects solar rays onto a central receiver. A heliostat automatically adjusts its position to track daily or seasonal changes in the sun's position. The arrangement of heliostats around a central receiver is also called a solar collector field.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-000987
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-000987",
  "term": "Heliostat",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "A mirror that reflects solar rays onto a central receiver. A heliostat automatically adjusts its position to track daily or seasonal changes in the sun's position. The arrangement of heliostats around a central receiver is also called a solar collector field.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/heliostat/"
}

Record 987 of 2,515 in Energy terminology (MLC-0117). Request the full dataset.