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Siting solar arrays is a challenge shared by developers, state and local governments, and communities. With the help of Energy Department funding, Nevados developed hardware that opens new sites by enabling solar panel installation on uneven terrain.
On September 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the winners in two prize competitions: the American-Made Solar Prize Round 6 and the American-Made Net Load Forecasting Prize.
The Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics funding opportunity will award $36 million for research, development, and demonstration projects on two major thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies.
DOE-funded research led to wind turbine blade breakthroughs that provide more power at lower cost.
Wind energy has joined the energy mainstream, thanks in large part to the wind integration studies funded by the Wind Energy Technologies Office.
With a $5 million award from SETO, Siemens develop a three-layer energy management system for microgrids that helps secure both microgrids and the larger electric grid against physical threats and cyberattacks.
$20M in funding available for research and development projects that reuse and recycle solar energy technologies.
Communities can now use a solar-specific tool to understand stormwater runoff at their local solar energy installations.
This funding opportunity provides $45 million in funding for innovations in silicon solar manufacturing and dual-use photovoltaics.
The PV Fleet Initiative has been collecting performance data from a nationally representative sample of PV plants and has developed transparent, automated analysis techniques, shedding light on many aspects of solar power productivity across the country.