The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) hosts webinars to provide updates on the office’s work to our stakeholders. Led by SETO Director Dr. Becca Jones-Albertus, these webinars discuss SETO’s priorities and provide information on current and upcoming activities.
Upcoming Webinar
"100% Clean: How DOE’s Solar Investments Will Help to Achieve Ambitious Decarbonization Goals"
March 25, 2021, 3:00 p.m. ET
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Topics discussed will include:
- Priorities for the next year
- What the future of solar research and development looks like
- SETO latest updates
- Guest Speakers TBD
We’ll also answer your questions, so send yours to solar@ee.doe.gov.
View a list of all upcoming SETO events and webinars.
Past Webinars
December 2020 SETO Quarterly Stakeholder Webinar
This webinar was held on December 17, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. ET and focused on SETO's work supporting solar entrepreneurs. Webinar topics included:
- SETO latest updates
- Funding Opportunity Announcement: SETO Fiscal Year 2021 Systems Integration and Hardware Incubator Funding Program
- Funding Opportunity Announcement: SBIR/STTR FY 2021 Phase I Release 2
- SETO Fellowship Opportunity – Apply by January 15
- Manufacturing and competitiveness (M&C) research portfolio overview
- Guest Speakers: Awardees from SETO M&C funding programs
- Bill Nussey, Co-founder and CEO, Solar Inventions, American-Made Solar Prize
- Catlin Mattheis, Co-founder, Fracsun, LLC, Small Business Innovation Research
- Success Story: The Plug-and-Play Device That Streamlines Solar Cleaning
- Leila Madrone, Founder and CTO, Sunfolding, Inc., Technology to Market
View the recording (Password: UpZMpmw4; Use Google Chrome for best results).
Download the presentation and transcript.
September 2020 SETO Quarterly Stakeholder Webinar
This SETO Quarterly Webinar was held on September 10, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. ET. Webinar topics included:
- SETO latest updates
- American-Made Solar Prize Round 2 winners
- American-Made Solar Prize Round 3 finalists
- American-Made Solar Prize Round 4 launched
- Perovskite Funding Opportunity Announcement
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) solar awards
- Technology Commercialization Fund solar awards
- 2020 SETO Peer Review Report
- Solar Projects Map and Research Database
- Photovoltaics (PV) Research Overview
- Guest Speaker: Robert Flottemesch from Constellation on the PV Fleet Performance Data Initiative
June 2020 SETO Quarterly Stakeholder Webinar
This SETO Quarterly Webinar was held on June 4, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. ET. Webinar topics included:
- SETO latest updates
- Eight teams selected for the second round of the Solar Energy Innovation Network program
- Ten teams selected to compete in the final phase of the American-Made Solar Prize Round 2
- Announced the EMPOWERED funding opportunity (Educational Materials for Professional Organizations Working on Efficiency and Renewable Energy Developments)
- Launched the American-Made Solar Desalination Prize
- Rolled out the National Community Solar Partnership
- "Ask an Expert" Q&A
- SETO experts answered questions submitted by stakeholders
View the recording (Password: qPk2aJJP; Use Google Chrome for best results).
Download the presentation and transcript.
January 2020 SETO Quarterly Stakeholder Webinar
This SETO Quarterly Webinar was held on January 23, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Webinar topics included:
- SETO FY2019 Funding Program overview and highlights
- SETO latest updates
- New success story—Spreading Sunshine: SolSmart Recognizes 300th Community for Going Solar
- PV Cells 101 2-part series: A Primer on the Solar Photovoltaic Cell and Solar Photovoltaic Cell Research Directions
- CSP workshops: SETO CSP Program Summit 2019; DOE sCO2 Workshop 2019; and 2020 SolarPACES Conference in Albuquerque, NM this October
- DOE announced $80 Million For New Grid Modernization Lab Call Projects
October 2019 SETO Quarterly Stakeholder Webinar
This SETO Quarterly Webinar was held October 10, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. ET. This webinar discussed the following topics:
- Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE) priorities and vision – EERE Assistant Secretary Daniel R Simmons
- Solar Office overview and Q3 updates
- Announced Winners of Round 1 of the American-Made Solar Prize, in addition to:
- Launched the National Community Solar Partnership
- Teams Selected for the Solar District Cup
- Announced New Prize Competition: Solar Desalination Prize
- Systems Integration research overview
- ComEd guest speaker: Shay Bahramirad
July 2019 SETO Quarterly Stakeholder Webinar
This SETO Quarterly Webinar was held July 26, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. ET. This webinar discussed the following topics:
- SETO overview and 2019 updates
- Announced $130M for SETO Fiscal Year 2019 Funding Opportunity
- Hosted the SETO CSP Program Summit 2019 in California
- Announced the winners of the Solar in Your Community Challenge
- Announced a new collegiate challenge, the Solar District Cup
- Announced a Request for Information: Modeling and Analytics for Solar Grid Integration
- American-Made Solar Prize update
- Solar Energy Innovation Network update
- Innovation Network Round 1
- Innovation Network Round 2
- Guest speaker – Luis Reyes, CEO, Kit Carson Cooperative
View the recording (Password: Solar2019; Use Google Chrome for best results).
Find a complete list of past SETO events and webinars.