Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009639

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $4,964,999 Cooperative Agreement to Silfab Solar Cells SC Inc. on January 1, 2025 under the Renewable Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.087) program. The primary objective of this project is to develop back-contact n-type solar cells capable of demonstrating efficiencies of 26% or better on a 300-MW pilot scale. This will enable Silfab to rapidly scale up cost-effective, back-contact cell...

This $5,197,852 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) is directed at identifying, testing, and implementing within 2 years ultraviolet light (UV) and temperature tolerant materials and cell stack designs for 27% mechanically-stacked perovskite+silicon hybrid tandem photovoltaic (PV) modules with aperture areas of at least 300 cm2. The funded project...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $63,452,217 Cooperative Agreement to Ubiquity Solar Si-Pv Division Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The goal of this project is to commercialize a U.S. supply of 300 mm diameter high-quality single crystal silicon ingot for the solar photovoltaic (Si PV) industry. The project will demonstrate this objective by constructing a pilot manufacturing facility...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), provides $399,995 in funding to Silfab Solar WA Inc. to integrate state-of-the-art silicon photovoltaic (PV) module fabrication into commercial building wall spandrel components. The project aims to de-risk the technical, financial, and market adoption unknowns associated with this novel...

This $5,197,154 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development) aims to demonstrate a high-performing 4-terminal perovskite/CIGS tandem solar module with at least 27% efficiency. The project will be carried out by First Solar, Inc. at three internal R&D sites and in collaboration with two leading academic partners in perovskite development and characterization. Key...

This $274,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of strain-relief interconnection and encapsulation technologies for perovskite/silicon tandem photovoltaic (PV) modules at Beyond Silicon Inc., a for-profit solar technology company based in Chandler, Arizona. The project aims to increase the competitiveness of U.S. PV manufacturing by advancing perovskite/silicon tandem PV...

This $8,150,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development) to Swift Solar Inc. supports the development of 27%-efficient, over 500 cm2 aperture area tandem minimodules made using high-throughput-compatible perovskite vapor deposition. The key goals include achieving less than 10% relative power conversion efficiency (PCE) loss on accelerated reliability tests, developing...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.087) provides $1,516,469 in funding to Solarcycle, Inc. to enhance photovoltaic (PV) recycling capabilities. The project aims to achieve larger and higher-quality yields of glass, silver, and silicon from end-of-life PV modules through the development of innovative recovery processes. Key...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $5,400,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Cubicpv Inc., a for-profit solar technology company based in Bedford, Massachusetts. This project aims to address the challenges of durability, scalability, and efficiency in perovskite-silicon tandem solar modules by improving perovskite ink purity, optimizing buried interfaces and...

This $2,160,696 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to develop a floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) tracking and positioning system. The project goals are to: (1) increase annual energy production of FPV projects by over 10%, (2) lower the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for FPV by over 10%, and (3) leverage the U.S. supply chain...