Project Grant DESC0021895

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $1,400,350 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to The R&D Lab CO. (doing business as Amy's Construction) to accelerate the deployment of residential solar by coupling it to roofing. The key project objectives include: Building a pilot manufacturing line to enable shingle design flexibility and reduce costs. Redesigning the mounting...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $1,299,988 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to GAF Energy LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, on January 1, 2025. The objective of the project is to improve the bankability of roof-integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) shingle systems by reducing the uncertainty in existing thermal and energy production models. This project aims 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 this 18-month project is to develop and demonstrate 26% or higher efficiency back-contact n-type solar cells at a 300-MW pilot scale production facility in Fort Mill, South Carolina. This will enable Silfab to rapidly scale up the...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $399,995 Cooperative Agreement under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to Silfab Solar WA Inc. The funding supports research and development to integrate photovoltaic (PV) modules into commercial building wall spandrels, which are non-vision glass components. This project aims to de-risk the technical, financial, and market adoption challenges of this novel...

The Soliculture, Inc. project will develop a flexible solar panel for integrated use in hoop houses to simultaneously generate electricity and increase crop yields on agricultural lands. The $161,172 Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture award under the Small Business Innovation Research Program will support Soliculture's innovation of an inexpensive, lightweight solar panel using light-shifting pigments. The panel is designed for direct installation in hoop houses...

Swift Solar Inc. received a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement award from the National Science Foundation on September 15, 2021 to complete the project by August 31, 2023. The award is part of the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to improve quality of life and economic strength through engineering innovation and education. Under this cooperative agreement, Swift Solar will develop high-power, lightweight, and flexible tandem perovskite solar panels. The NSF Engineering program supports...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Program grant to Pinwheel Solar LLC in Vestal, NY. The 12-month project aims to develop durable, flexible, and high-efficiency perovskite solar panels that can achieve 20% power conversion efficiency at lower manufacturing costs compared to existing technologies. The project objectives include enhancing the stability of perovskite materials to support a 30-year solar cell lifetime,...

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $11,552,157 Cooperative Agreement to RG Resource Technologies, Inc. under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253). The objective of the project is to deploy a new 120,000 units-per-year manufacturing facility to support the production of RG Resource Technologies' solar photovoltaic and thermal capture (PVT) system, equivalent to a production rate of 16.2 MW of energy and 64.8 MW of...

This $585,000 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) to Electroninks Incorporated will develop new screen-printed reactive metal complex pastes for photovoltaic applications. The project aims to lower the cost of metallization and improve solar cell efficiencies through innovations in printing denser and thinner metal films, decreasing firing temperatures, and...

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...