Lessons learned from the Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology/PV Manufacturing R & D and Thin-Film PV Partnership projects / R. Margolis, R. Mitchell, and K. Zweibel.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Margolis, Robert M. (Robert Mark)

Contributor:

Mitchell, Richard (Richard L.)

Zweibel, Kenneth

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

Series:

NREL/TP ; 520-39780.

NREL/TP ; 520-39780

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research and development contracts, Government--United States.

Research and development contracts, Government.

Photovoltaic cells--Research.

Photovoltaic cells.

Thin films--Research.

Thin films.

Solar cells--Research.

Solar cells.

Research and development contracts--United States.

Research and development contracts.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (22 pages)

Place of Publication:

Golden, Colo. : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, [2006]

Summary:

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 dollars of government resources in cost-shared R & D and leveraged another 190 million dollars 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.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed January 22, 2008).

"September 2006."

OCLC:

163850249

Publisher Number:

893640 OSTI ID

Access Restriction:

Publicly released