Lessons Learned from the Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology/PV Manufacturing R&D and Thin Film PV Partnership Projects

Margolis, R. ; Mitchell, R. ; Zweibel, K.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Solar Energy;    Thin Films Solar Energy;    14 Solar Energy;    Sai;    Energy Use;   

DOI  :  10.2172/893640
RP-ID  :  NREL/TP-520-39780
RP-ID  :  AC36-99-GO10337
RP-ID  :  893640

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

As the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Solar Energy Technologies Program initiates new cost-shared solar energy R&D under the Solar America Initiative (SAI), it is useful to analyze the experience gained from cost-shared R&D projects that have been funded through the program to date. This report summarizes lessons learned from two DOE-sponsored photovoltaic (PV) projects: the Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology/PV Manufacturing R&D (PVMaT/PVMR&D) project and the Thin-Film PV Partnership project. During the past 10-15 years, these two projects have invested roughly $330 million of government resources in cost-shared R&D and leveraged another $190 million in private-sector PV R&D investments. Following a description of key findings and brief descriptions of the PVMaT/PVMR&D and Thin-Film PV Partnership projects, this report presents lessons learned from the projects.