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December 17, 2025Dual-use photovoltaic (PV) technologies, also known as dual-use PV, are a type of PV application where the PV panels serve another function besides the generation of electricity.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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October 22, 2025SETO released a notice of funding opportunity for research, development, and demonstration projects that commercialize innovative solar PV technologies in crystalline silicon module, cadmium telluride module, and non-module hardware technologies.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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August 25, 2025The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is in search of the best photos of solar power with the American-Made Solar Photo Competition: Hit Me with Your Sun Shot.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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January 17, 2025The U.S. Department of Energy is investing in the Interstate Renewable Energy Council’s Sustainable Energy Action Committee, a stakeholder-driven forum that identifies gaps in clean energy codes and develops potential solutions.
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January 16, 2025This online forum allows stakeholders to exchange ideas on improving processes for interconnecting clean energy to the electric grid.Integrated Energy Systems Office
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January 15, 2025The U.S. Department of Energy is investing in the Solar and Storage Industries Institute to support the Solar Uncommon Dialogue, a stakeholder-driven initiative to improve large-scale solar siting and permitting outcomes in U.S. communities.
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January 8, 2025SETO released a notice of funding opportunity for research, development, and demonstration projects that commercialize innovative solar PV technologies in crystalline silicon module, cadmium telluride module, and non-module hardware technologies.
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December 23, 2024
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Press ReleaseDecember 20, 2024Funding to collaboratives in Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Virginia will support planning and evaluation of large-scale renewable energy and energy storage projects.Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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November 1, 2024122 teams from 93 collegiate institutions are going for gold as competition begins for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 2025 Design Challenge, DOE’s longest-running student competition.Buildings