Market Transformation (Fact Sheet)

关键词: COMMUNITIES;    DESIGN;    ECONOMICS;    EFFICIENCY;    ELECTRICITY;    FINANCIAL INCENTIVES;    FOCUSING;    MANUFACTURERS;    MANUFACTURING;    MARKET;    PERFORMANCE;    SECURITY;    SOLAR CELLS;    SOLAR ENERGY;    TRANSFORMATIONS SUNSHOT INITIATIVE;    DOE;    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;    RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;    R&D;    MARKET TRANSFORMATION;    ROOFTOP SOLAR CHALLENGE;    PHOTOVOLTAICS;    PV;    BALANCE-OF-SYSTEM;    BOS;    NARUC;    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY;    SOLAR INSTRUCTOR TRAINING NETWORK;    REMOVING BARRIERS;    UTILITY-SCALE;    PERMITTING;    INTERCONNECTION;    INSPECTION;    Solar Energy - Photovoltaics;    Market Transformation;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1027677
RP-ID  :  DOE/GO-102011-3368
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1027677
Others  :  TRN: US201123%%325

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Through the SunShot Initiative, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) works with manufacturers, communities, states, utilities, and other partners to enable the solar market by reducing non-hardware balance-of-system (BOS) costs, developing a skilled workforce, and eliminating market barriers to widespread adoption of solar technologies. The DOE SunShot Initiative is a collaborative national initiative to make solar energy technologies cost-competitive with other forms of energy by reducing the cost of solar energy systems by about 75% by the end of the decade. Reducing the total installed cost for utility-scale solar electricity to roughly 6 cents per kilowatt hour without subsidies will result in rapid, large-scale adoption of solar electricity across the United States. Reaching this goal will re-establish American technological leadership, improve the nation's energy security, and strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness in the global clean energy race. SunShot will work to bring down the full cost of solar - including the costs of solar cells and installation by focusing on four main pillars: (1) Technologies for solar cells and arrays that convert sunlight to energy; (2) Electronics that optimize the performance of the installation; (3) Improvements in the efficiency of solar manufacturing processes; and (4) Installation, design, and permitting for solar energy systems.