Press Releases

DOE Secretary Samuel Bodman announced on November 8th that DOE will invest $21.7 million in researching next generation photovoltaic (PV) technology, as part of the President's Solar America Initiative. A total of 25 advanced PV projects, led by 15 uni...

DOE announced on June 20th that it will provide up to $60 million for solar energy research. Up to $2.5 million will go to 13 selected cities to promote the use of solar technologies in each city, under DOE's Solar America Cities cooperative agreements...

DOE announced on March 8th that it has selected 13 industry-led solar technology projects to negotiate for up to $168 million in funding starting in the current fiscal year (2007) through fiscal year 2009. The teams will share more than 50 percent of t...

DOE released a solicitation on June 28th for cost-shared, public-private partnerships to advance solar energy technology. The solicitation focuses on development, testing, demonstration, validation, and deployment of new solar photovoltaic (PV) compone...