Cooperative Agreement DEFC3607GO17049

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), supports the demonstration of a high-performing 4-terminal perovskite/CIGS tandem solar module with at least 27% efficiency. The $5,197,154 award to First Solar, Inc. aims to develop a thin-film solar technology capable of achieving over 25% power conversion efficiency. Key objectives...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award DEEE0011408, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), aims to commercialize a U.S. supply of 300 mm diameter high-quality single crystal silicon ingot for the Si PV industry. The $63,452,217 award, granted on January 15, 2025, with a completion date of January 14, 2026, will enable the recipient, Ubiquity Solar Si-PV Division Inc., to...

The U.S. 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. under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The primary objective of the project is to develop back-contact n-type solar cells to demonstrate efficiencies of 26% or better on a 300-MW pilot scale, which will operate alongside Silfab's main n-type cell manufacturing at its Fort Mill, South Carolina facility....

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The objective of this 18-month project, with an end date of September 30, 2026, is to develop a "bilithic integration" approach as a scalable strategy to fabricate highly efficient perovskite solar modules without the degradation issues...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $1.7M Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Brightspot Automation LLC, located in Westford, MA. The project aims to develop a new metrology system for imaging solar cell defects and glass crack defects in fielded CdTe solar panels, and to create an AI software platform to automatically detect these defects. The project will also correlate the...

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $932,465 Cooperative Agreement to Locusview Solutions Incorporated to create a specification, proposed industry standard, and technology for supply chain and asset traceability for photovoltaic (PV) solar components. The objective is to enable and track reclamation, reuse, and recycling of PV modules and materials across the entire supply chain, from raw material to end-of-life management. The...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,496 Project Grant to Ampx Technologies, Inc. under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a cost-effective multi-port solar power conversion unit based on wide bandgap devices and planar magnetics. The project aims to advance solar power conversion technologies through innovative research and development, with a focus on designing a novel solar power conversion solution that leverages emerging wide...

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 $5,400,000 in funding to Cubicpv Inc. to address challenges in the durability, scalability, and efficiency of perovskite-silicon tandem solar modules. The project aims to improve perovskite ink purity, buried interfaces, and defective surface engineering, as well as optimize light...

This $5,197,852 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), 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 goal is to develop these...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has awarded a $6,753,489 Cooperative Agreement to Gridbeyond LLC under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The project, titled "BIL ADVANCED RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCY OPERATIONS FOR WIND AND SOLAR (ARROWS) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-DRIVEN SOFTWARE", aims to implement Gridbeyond's Renewable Controls Platform (RCP) software, an AI-powered platform, to forecast,...