Budget

The fiscal year 2010 budget request for the Solar Energy Technologies Program (SETP or Solar Program) is $320 million.

The proposed structure change consists of four subprograms. Two are technology based, Photovoltaics (PV) and Concentrating Solar Power (CSP), and two are crosscutting, Systems Integration and Market Transformation. It preserves the technology distinction between two fundamentally different ways of producing solar power, while providing two distinct crosscutting areas that increase the adoption of solar technologies.

The Solar Electricity Energy Innovation Hub will incorporate cutting-edge research in solar technologies. A competitive solicitation is planned to establish the institute. A standard, peer-reviewed process will be held, and a Board of Advisors will be established to review the progress of ongoing research.

Chart showing fiscal year 2009 budget appropriation for the DOE Solar Program: Applied Research, $43,130,000 or 25%; Systems Development, $66,370,000 or 38%; Market Development, $12,430,000 or 7%; Technology Evaluation, $23,070,000 or 13%; and Concentrating Solar Power, $30,000,000 or 17%. The total is $175 million.

Chart showing fiscal year 2010 budget request for the DOE Solar Program: Photovoltaics, $149,470,000 or 47%; Concentrating Solar Power , $78,420,000 or 24.5%; Systems Integration, $29,660,000 or 9%; Market Transformation, $27,450,000 or 8.5%, and Solar Electricity Energy Innovation Hub, $35,000,000 or 11%. The total is $320 million.

The Solar Program is within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the U.S. Department of Energy. To learn more about the EERE budgeting process and budget archives, please visit EERE Planning, Budget, and Analysis.