Cooperative Agreement DEEE0010476

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $399,995 Cooperative Agreement to Silfab Solar WA Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The project aims to de-risk the technical, financial, and market adoption challenges of integrating state-of-the-art silicon photovoltaic (PV) module fabrication into the spandrel components of commercial building walls. This involves providing modeling, experimental data, and...

This $5,197,154 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 program (CFDA 81.087), aims to demonstrate a high-performing 4-terminal FAPbI3-perovskite/CI(G)S tandem solar module with at least 27% efficiency. The project, carried out by First Solar, Inc. and two academic partners, also seeks to achieve 26% power conversion efficiency after 6 months of outdoor testing...

This $424,851 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Portland State University (PSU) aims to identify sustainable design principles and strategies for emerging photovoltaic (EPV) technologies to make them more environmentally and economically viable for the solar energy market. The key objectives are to: 1) develop sustainable EOL (end-of-life) management approaches for EPVs; 2) analyze the environmental impacts and costs of EPV...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will support the development of flexible, semitransparent organic solar cell modules tailored for greenhouse glazing integration by Polypv LLC. Funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), the $256,000 award issued on May 15, 2023 aims to optimize the active layer, electrodes, and encapsulation processes to produce high-performance flexible organic solar cells. The primary objectives are to develop...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Pinwheel Solar LLC a $275,000 STTR Phase I grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The project aims to produce durable, flexible, and high-efficiency perovskite solar panels with a projected 20% power conversion efficiency and lower manufacturing costs compared to existing technologies. The key technical focus is on improving the long-term stability of perovskite solar cells by addressing both extrinsic...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development Program (CFDA 81.087) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The overall objective of this project is to develop "bilithic integration" as a scalable integration strategy to process highly efficient perovskite solar modules without the degradation issues found in traditional "monolithic"...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $4,964,999 Cooperative Agreement to Silfab Solar Cells SC Inc. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The primary objective of this 18-month project is to develop back-contact n-type solar cells with efficiencies of 26% or better on a 300-MW pilot scale, which will operate alongside Silfab's main n-type cell manufacturing facility in Fort Mill, South Carolina. This...

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Project Grant award of $304,996 to Mujielectric LLC, located in Renton, WA, seeks to develop and scale-up novel, wide bandgap perovskite-based solar cells (PSCs). The project aims to advance PSC technology, which has the potential to make solar power more affordable and accessible compared to traditional silicon solar cells. Key objectives include...

This $8,150,000 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) supports the development of high-efficiency, reliable perovskite-based tandem solar minimodules by Swift Solar Inc. Specifically, the award aims to: Achieve 27%-efficient perovskite tandem minimodules over 500 cm2 aperture areas after 6 months of outdoor testing in 3 climate zones, using high-throughput...