Steam Engine Design/White Cliffs

The White Cliffs Solar Steam Engine project was conducted in the 1980's by the Australian NSW Dept. of Energy. Part of the project involved the construction of a large heliostat to collect solar energy converted to steam which drove custom steam engine to generate electricity. The project was discontinued to 1991 when White Cliffs joined the national power grid.

See Erik Rossen's review at http://www.rossen.ch/solar/wcengine.html.
NSW DOE contact information at http://www.rossen.ch/solar/miniheliostatfaq.html#q10.
Erik's visit to Department Engineering Physics of the Australia National University in Canberra at http://www.rossen.ch/solar/anu.html.