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SETO extends its appreciation to all of its awardees for their performance and continuing dedication to advancing solar energy technologies.

Projects will help to achieve affordable and reliable energy to enhance America’s economic growth and energy security.

Projects will help advance solar energy’s role in strengthening the resilience of the Nation’s electricity grid.

Energy Department launches second round of the American-Made Solar Prize, a $3 million competition designed to revitalize U.S. solar manufacturing.

A group of 20 teams will advance to the next stage in the American-Made Solar Prize, a $3 million competition to revitalize U.S. solar manufacturing.

A new metal composite for heat exchangers could improve energy conversion and cut costs in CSP plants.

Funding will go toward innovations and technologies designed to increase the resilience, reliability and security of an integrated grid.

IEEE 1547-2018 will help utilities better communicate with distributed energy resources, like solar, on the grid.

eIQ Energy’s power electronics device enables modules to work independently while increasing power output.

eIQ Energy’s power electronics device enables modules to work independently while increasing power output.

EERE expects to fund more than 100 new projects, totaling approximately $20 million

Startup Tau Science’s scanner shows signs of module damage and keeps repair crews safe.

Utility-scale solar plants can power thousands of homes but finding an ideal location for them isn’t easy.

The projects announced today span across 21 states, help lower solar electricity costs and support a growing solar workforce.

DOE announced $46 million in funding to advance solutions that provide grid operators mitigation strategies against cyber and physical threats.

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory selected 5 organizations to grow the American-Made Solar Prize.

Projects aim to reduce cost of solar-thermal desalination and helping the technology to reach new markets, areas not connected to the electric grid.

Entrepreneurial individuals and teams will compete through a series of three successive prize contests designed to develop American-made products.

A new report released by NREL looks at the impact of eclipses and other major weather events on solar generation.

Since 2016, Texas utility Austin Energy has worked with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a low-cost integrated solar plus storage solution.

New systems would enable significant progress toward 2030 goals.

Innovations are critical to address solar photovoltaic reliability challenges and driving down costs.

Funding support America’s continued leadership in energy innovation through solar technology.

Technology developed by former Catalyst winner, Gridmates, played a critical role in helping Direct Energy win a best practices award in Texas.

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University use electroluminescence and machine learning to reveal the evolution of solar module degradation.