U.S. Funding Notice: Fiscal Year 2024 Photovoltaics Research & Development (PVRD)

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Workplace: Solar Energy Technologies Office
FOA Quantity: DE-FOA-0003337
Hyperlink to Apply: Apply on EERE Exchange
FOA Quantity: $20 million

On Might 1, 2024, the U.S. Division of Power (DOE) Photo voltaic Power Applied sciences Workplace (SETO) introduced the 2024 Photovoltaics Analysis and Improvement (PVRD) funding alternative, which is able to award as much as $20 million for progressive photo voltaic photovoltaics (PV) analysis and growth (R&D) that reduces the price of PV modules, reduces carbon and power depth of the PV provide chain and manufacturing course of, and optimizes PV expertise for brand new, specialised markets.

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

Matter Areas

Matter Space 1: Photovoltaic Advances in Cell Effectivity, Reliability, and Provide Chain (PACERS)

This subject seeks to develop progressive PV cell and minimodule prototypes to allow expanded deployment and determine pathways for discount in PV module price, decarbonization of producing and provide chains, and enlargement of PV into new and rising sectors. Whereas the funding alternative is open to all tasks centered on improvements in these areas, there are 4 areas of explicit curiosity to DOE:

• Discount of emissions created through the manufacturing of silicon from quartz
• Crystalline silicon PV cell design
• III-V PV cell design
• Natural PV cell design

Matter Space 2: Constructing Educational Capabilities in Cadmium Telluride

This subject seeks to fund tutorial R&D tasks requiring new or upgraded cadmium telluride (CdTe) analysis tools. It will improve the power of analysis teams to quickly make and check CdTe cells and enhance their efficiency. This funding can even profit the bigger CdTe PV analysis neighborhood by facilitating speedy technological innovation in CdTe design and understanding of the supplies and manufacturing processes.

Areas of curiosity for this subject space embrace bettering the tools and capabilities of U.S. analysis establishments in pursuit of the next objectives:

• Growing the speed of studying and pace of development in CdTe cell and module analysis.
• Bettering the effectivity, sturdiness, and power yield of state-of-the-art CdTe PV cells.
• Growing and validating new CdTe PV cell designs which have the potential to considerably outperform the present state-of-the-art.
• Bettering the standard and scale of supplies produced at tutorial establishments to facilitate expertise switch to trade.

Teaming Accomplice Checklist

DOE is compiling a Teaming Partner List to facilitate the formation of challenge groups for this FOA. The Teaming Accomplice Checklist permits organizations which will want to take part on a challenge to specific their curiosity to different candidates and discover potential partnerships.

The Teaming Accomplice Checklist is out there on EERE eXCHANGE and shall be recurrently up to date to mirror new teaming companions who present their group’s info.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: View the Teaming Accomplice Checklist by visiting the EERE eXCHANGE homepage and clicking on Teaming Companions throughout the left-hand navigation pane. This web page permits customers to view revealed Teaming Accomplice Lists. To hitch the Teaming Accomplice Checklist, submit a request inside eXCHANGE. Choose the suitable Teaming Accomplice Checklist from the drop-down menu and fill within the following info: Investigator Title, Group Title, Group Kind, Matter Space, Background and Capabilities, Web site, Contact Deal with, Contact E-mail, and Contact Cellphone.

DISCLAIMER: By submitting a request to be included on the Teaming Accomplice Checklist, the requesting group consents to the publication of the above-referenced info. By facilitating the Teaming Accomplice Checklist, DOE shouldn’t be endorsing, sponsoring, or in any other case evaluating the {qualifications} of the people and organizations which might be figuring out themselves for placement on this Teaming Accomplice Checklist. DOE is not going to pay for the availability of any info, nor will it compensate any candidates or requesting organizations for the event of such info. 

Webinar

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

Key Dates

Extra Info

Information merchandise from Solar Energy Technologies Office, U.S. DOE.