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SunShot Grand Challenge: Summit and Technology Forum

SunShot Grand Challenge: Summit and Technology Forum

The SunShot Summit and Technology Forum will be held June 13–14, 2012, in Denver, Colorado. Find additional details and register to attend here.

Funding Available for Solar Forecasting Improvements

Funding Available for Solar Forecasting Improvements

DOE is making up to $9 million available over three years for improving the accuracy of solar forecasting at sub-hourly, hourly, and day-ahead timeframes to more accurately anticipate changes in solar power production.

Funding Available for Plug-and-Play PV Systems

Funding Available for Plug-and-Play PV Systems

DOE is making up to $25 million available over five years for the development of a plug-and-play photovoltaic (PV) system that can be installed without special training or tools and simply plugged into a PV-ready circuit.

R&D Funding for Clean Energy Startups

R&D Funding for Clean Energy Startups

DOE is making up to $9 million in research and development funds available to small businesses with breakthrough solar cost-reduction proposals or transformational manufacturing and materials technologies.

Report Explores the Energy Landscape of the Future

Report Explores the Energy Landscape of the Future

The SunShot Vision Study provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of the potential for solar technologies to diversify the U.S. energy portfolio as cost-reduction targets are met during the next decade.

 

The DOE SunShot Initiative is a collaborative national initiative to make solar energy cost competitive with other forms of energy by the end of the decade. Reducing the installed cost of solar energy systems by about 75% will drive widespread, large-scale adoption of this renewable energy technology and restore U.S. leadership in the global clean energy race.

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Going Solar in Record Time with
Plug-and-Play PV

4/24/2012 | Blog Post

In the future, installing a solar array for your home could be as easy as plugging in common household appliances, which are purchased, installed, and operational in one day.

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Fast Fact

The SunShot Vision Study reports that the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for a utility-scale concentrating solar power plant in the southwestern United States was in the $0.12–$0.18/kWh range with a 30% investment tax credit in 2010.

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