PV Manufacturing R&D Project Status & Accomplishments Under ''In-Line Diagnostics & Intelligent Processing''

Conference · Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2005

OSTI ID:15016456

Brown, K E; Mitchell, R L; Bower, W I; King, R

In 1991, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories embarked on a research partnership with the U.S. photovoltaic (PV) industry by cost-sharing industry-based R&D efforts. The PV Manufacturing R&D (PVMR&D) Project, an extension of the earlier PV Manufacturing Technology (PVMaT) Project, aims at streamlining and improving the current PV manufacturing technology to enable U.S. manufacturers to compete in the global marketplace. Currently, PVMR&D has ten active subcontracts with manufacturers working in several facets of the U.S. PV industry; four subcontracts were completed within the past year.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15016456
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-520-37381
• Resource Type: Conference paper/presentation
• Conference Information: Prepared for the 31st IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference and Exhibition, Lake Buena Vista, FL (US), 01/03/2005--01/07/2005
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
42 ENGINEERING
BALANCE OF SYSTEMS (BOS)
IN-LINE DIAGNOSTICS
INTELLIGENT PROCESSING
MANUFACTURERS
MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
MODULE
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
PROCESSING
PV
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY - PHOTOVOLTAICS