Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics
Funding Agency:
- Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) works to accelerate the development and deployment of solar technologies to support an equitable transition to a decarbonized electricity system by 2035 and a net-zero energy sector by 2050. Achieving these goals will support the nationwide effort to address the climate crisis and ensure that all Americans benefit from the transition to a clean energy economy. The office supports solar energy research, development, demonstration, and technical assistance in five areas—photovoltaics, concentrating solar-thermal power, systems integration, manufacturing and competitiveness, and soft costs—to improve the affordability, reliability, and domestic benefit of solar technologies on the electric grid.
The Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics FOA will focus on accelerating the capabilities of two thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies: metal-halide perovskite PV and cadmium telluride (CdTe) PV. It will fund innovative industrial research and development (R&D) projects for perovskite PV and industrial research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects for CdTe PV. “Industrial” R&D and RD&D refers to projects that are led by industry with the primary intent of improving commercial viability and/or market share of the technologies being studied. This FOA promotes American leadership in thin-film PV technology in both the domestic manufacturing of thin-film PV modules and the deployment of these technologies at the gigawatt (GW) scale. With this goal in mind, only for-profit entities and teams led by for-profit entities may apply to this FOA (see Section III.A for details on eligibility criteria), and all work must be performed in the United States (see Section IV.I.iii. and Appendix C).
Informational Webinar: 9/26/23 1:00 p.m. ET
Individual awards may vary between $1,000,000 and $20,000,000 federal share
$36,000,000
12/12/23 5:00 p.m. ET
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