This $5,400,000 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), aims to address challenges in durability, scalability, and efficiency of perovskite-silicon tandem solar modules. The award to Cubicpv Inc., a for-profit solar technology company in Bedford, Massachusetts, will focus on improving perovskite ink purity, buried interfaces, and defective...
This $5,197,852 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) is directed at identifying, testing, and implementing ultraviolet light (UV) and temperature tolerant materials and cell stack designs for 27% mechanically-stacked perovskite+silicon hybrid tandem photovoltaic (PV) modules with 300 cm2 aperture areas. The award recipient, Tandem PV, Inc.,...
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $11,552,157 Cooperative Agreement under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to RG Resource Technologies, Inc. The objective of the project is to deploy a new 120,000 units-per-year capacity manufacturing facility to support the production of the recipient's solar photovoltaic + thermal capture (PVT) system, equivalent to a production rate of 16.2 MW of energy and 64.8 MW of thermal...
This $5,979,459 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 (CFDA 81.087) program aims to reduce barriers to solar photovoltaic (PV) circularity across the value chain. The project will achieve this through innovative technology solutions, strategic partnerships, and community benefits. The award was made to the Electric Power Research Institute Inc. (EPRI), a...
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 program (CFDA 81.087) will provide $3,750,000.00 to the Solar & Storage Industries Institute to support the "Uncommon Dialogue" initiative. The project aims to develop consensus-based solutions around the siting of large-scale solar (LSS) projects, with the potential to speed up permitting, reduce soft...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $262,500.00, was provided 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). The award supports a project by the Colorado School of Mines to study and mitigate light- and elevated-temperature-induced degradation (LETID) in gallium-doped crystalline silicon (Ga-doped CZ Si) solar cells. The goal is to develop predictive models and...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $1,701,250 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Brightspot Automation LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Westford, MA. The award, which runs from October 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026, aims to: 1) develop a new metrology system for imaging solar cell defects and glass crack defects in fielded CdTe solar panels and...
This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $1,400,350, was provided 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). The objective is to accelerate the deployment of residential solar energy by coupling it to roofing. Key activities include: Building a pilot manufacturing line to enable shingle design flexibility and reduce costs. Redesigning solar roofing mounting elements to add...
This $399,995 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) supports Silfab Solar WA Inc.'s research and development of building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) solutions for commercial building spandrel components. The project aims to de-risk the technical, financial, and market adoption challenges of integrating state-of-the-art silicon PV...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $8,150,000 Cooperative Agreement to Swift Solar Inc., a for-profit solar technology company based in San Carlos, California. The award is funded under CFDA 81.087, the Renewable Energy Research and Development program, which supports research, development, and demonstration of clean and renewable energy technologies. The key objectives of the Cooperative Agreement are for Swift Solar to: 1) Achieve...