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February 8, 2017The solar industry is growing fast. Despite this rapid growth, solar energy remains inaccessible to nearly half of American households and business...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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February 1, 2017Thanks to a SunShot collaboration at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in December 2015 Hawaiian Electric anno...Success Stories
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February 1, 2017This may come as a surprise to most people: utilities don’t have real-time information about their customers’ electricity usage. When someone adds solar to their home or business, all the utility can see is that the customer’s electricity usage d...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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February 1, 2017In the quest to replace more traditional solar materials, such as silicon, with more efficient and high-performing options, scientists have beenBasic Energy Sciences
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Press ReleasesJanuary 31, 2017Today, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) SunShot Initiative announced up to $30 million in new projects to support the integration of solar energy into the nation’s electric grid, while diversifying the nation’s electricit...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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Success StoryJanuary 10, 2017With the help of the SunShot Initiative, Sustainable CUNY began work on the Smart Distributed Generation (DG) Hub-Resilient Solar Project, a roadma...Success Stories
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Success StoryDecember 29, 2016SunShot funding is enabling researchers from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop a solution for customers, PV companies, and investors: international standards that consistently identify sources of high qual...Success Stories
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December 21, 2016The mini Nintendo Classic has everyone partying like it’s 1985 again. Yes, technology has certainly come a long way in 30 years. Take clean energ...Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
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December 16, 2016In 1975, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) decided to harness the power of the sun, launching the Solar Energy Research Institute, which later became the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Over the subsequent 40 years, DOE, its Solar Ene...Success Stories
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December 11, 2016Advanced inverters are a critical enabler of high solar photovoltaic (PV) penetrations because of their smart functionalities and ability to mainta...Success Stories