Funding Discover: Fiscal 12 months 2024 Photovoltaics Research and Development (PVRD)

Office: Office of Solar Energy Technologies
FOA Number: DE-FOA-0003337
Link to use: Apply to the EERE Exchange
Amount of FOA: $20 million

On May 1, 2024, the US Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) introduced the 2024 Photovoltaics Research and Development (PVRD) funding alternative, which is able to present as much as $20 million for modern photo voltaic photovoltaics (PV ) analysis and growth (R&D) that reduces the price of PV modules, reduces the carbon and power depth of the PV provide chain and manufacturing course of, and optimizes PV know-how for brand spanking new, specialised markets.

SETO expects to make between 8 and 15 awards underneath this funding alternative announcement (FOA) starting from $1 million to $4 million. SETO encourages various groups to use.

Subject Areas

Topic Area 1: Photovoltaic Advances in Cell Efficiency, Reliability, and Supply Chain (PACERS)

This matter seeks to develop new PV cell and minimodule prototypes to allow expanded deployment and determine pathways for lowering PV module prices, decarbonization of provide chains manufacturing and provide, and enlargement of PV in new and rising sectors. While the funding alternative is open to all tasks targeted on improvements in these areas, there are 4 areas of explicit curiosity to the DOE:

• The discount of emissions produced through the manufacturing of silicon from quartz
• Crystalline silicon PV cell design
• III-V PV cell design
• Organic PV cell design

Topic Area 2: Building Academic Capabilities at Cadmium Telluride

This matter seeks to fund tutorial R&D tasks that require new or upgraded cadmium telluride (CdTe) analysis gear. This will enhance the flexibility of analysis teams to quickly manufacture and take a look at CdTe cells and enhance their efficiency. This funding can even profit the bigger CdTe PV analysis neighborhood by facilitating fast technological change within the design and understanding of CdTe supplies and manufacturing processes.

Areas of curiosity for this topic space embody enhancing the gear and capabilities of US analysis establishments in pursuit of the next targets:

• Increase the educational price and velocity of growth in CdTe cell and module analysis.
• Improving the effectivity, sturdiness, and power yield of state-of-the-art CdTe PV cells.
• Development and validation of recent CdTe PV cell designs which have the potential to considerably outperform the present state-of-the-art.
• Improving the standard and scale of supplies produced by tutorial establishments to facilitate know-how switch to business.

Partnership Partner List

DOE compiles a Partnership Partner List to facilitate the formation of undertaking groups for this FOA. The Teaming Partner List permits organizations that need to take part in a undertaking to specific their curiosity to different candidates and discover potential partnerships.

The Teaming Partner List is accessible on EERE eXCHANGE and might be up to date commonly to mirror new crew companions who’ve supplied their group’s data.

SPEAKING INSTRUCTIONS: View the Teaming Partner List by visiting the EERE eXCHANGE homepage and clicking on Teaming Partners throughout the left-hand navigation pane. This web page permits customers to view printed Teaming Partner Lists. To be a part of the Teaming Partner List, submit a request inside eXCHANGE. Select the suitable Teaming Partner List from the drop-down menu and fill within the following data: Investigator Name, Organization Name, Organization Type, Topic Area, Background and Capabilities, Website, Contact Address, Contact Email, and Contact Phone.

DISCLAIMER: By submitting a request to be included within the Teaming Partner List, the requesting group agrees to the publication of the above-mentioned data. By conducting the Teaming Partner List, DOE will not be endorsing, sponsoring, or evaluating the {qualifications} of people and organizations which have recognized themselves for placement on this Teaming Partner List. The DOE is not going to cost for offering any data, nor will it cost any applicant or requesting group for the event of such data.

Webinar

SETO will host an informational webinar on May 8 at 4 pm ET to debate the funding alternative and areas of focus. Register for the webinar.

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