Reducing Soft Costs through Hardware Innovation - Phase II Award Number: DE- EE-0007199 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Solar Energy Technologies Office Date: 10/19/2015 Location(s): HI Office(s): Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
October 19, 2015Reducing Soft Costs through Hardware Innovation - Phase II
Award Number: DE- EE-0007199
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Date: 10/19/2015
Location(s): HI
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to SafeConnect Solar to develop their SmartBox; a two-part hardware/software system that engineers safety compliance into the PV system.
SafeConnect Solar received a conditioned NEPA determination (GFO-0007199-001, CX A9, 9/11/15) after review of Task 1 and Subtasks 2.1 and 2.2 as described in the Statement of Project Objectives (SOPO). This review applies to remaining Subtasks 2.3-2.7 and Tasks 3-8 as described in the SOPO.