Progress of the Photovoltaic Technology Incubator Project Towards an Enhanced U.S. Manufacturing Base: Preprint

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OSTI ID:1019166

Ullal, Harin; Mitchell, Richard; Keyes, Brian; VanSant, Kaitlyn; von Roedern, Bolko; Symko-Davies, Martha; Kane, Victor

In this paper, we report on the major accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Program (SETP) Photovoltaic (PV) Technology Incubator project. The Incubator project facilitates a company's transition from developing a solar cell or PV module prototype to pilot- and large-scale U.S. manufacturing. The project targets small businesses that have demonstratedproof-of-concept devices or processes in the laboratory. Their success supports U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu's SunShot Initiative, which seeks to achieve PV technologies that are cost-competitive without subsidies at large scale with fossil-based energy sources by the end of this decade. The Incubator Project has enhanced U.S. PV manufacturing capacity and created more than 1200 cleanenergy jobs, resulting in an increase in American economic competitiveness. The investment raised to date by these PV Incubator companies as a result of DOE's $ 59 million investment totals nearly $ 1.3 billion.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1019166
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-5200-50644
• Conference Information: Presented at the 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 37), 19-24 June 2011, Seattle, Washington
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
CAPACITY
ECONOMICS
ENERGY SOURCES
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
MANUFACTURING
PV
PV incubator
SMALL BUSINESSES
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR ENERGY
SunShot
TARGETS