Lessons Learned from the Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology/PV Manufacturing R&D and Thin Film PV Partnership Projects

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/893640· OSTI ID:893640

Margolis, R; Mitchell, R; Zweibel, K

As the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Solar Energy Technologies Program initiates new cost-shared solar energy R&D under the Solar America Initiative (SAI), it is useful to analyze the experience gained from cost-shared R&D projects that have been funded through the program to date. This report summarizes lessons learned from two DOE-sponsored photovoltaic (PV) projects: the Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology/PV Manufacturing R&D (PVMaT/PVMR&D) project and the Thin-Film PV Partnership project. During the past 10-15 years, these two projects have invested roughly $330 million of government resources in cost-shared R&D and leveraged another $190 million in private-sector PV R&D investments. Following a description of key findings and brief descriptions of the PVMaT/PVMR&D and Thin-Film PV Partnership projects, this report presents lessons learned from the projects.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 893640
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-520-39780
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
ENERGY USE
Energy Analysis
MANUFACTURING
PHOTOVOLTAIC MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY/PV MANUFACTURING R&D
PHOTOVOLTAICS
PV
PVMAT/PVMR&D
SAI
SOLAR AMERICA INITIATIVE
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM
Solar Energy - Photovoltaics
THIN FILMS
THIN-FILM PV PARTNERSHIP PROJECT