The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office is funding the American-Made Challenges: Perovskite Startup Prize, a two-stage, $3 million prize competition designed to accelerate the development and manufacturing of perovskite solar cells by moving world-class research out of the lab and into new U.S. companies. Competitors who advance from the … [continued]
Pro-tip: if the expenditure units starts with m instead of b, it’s not serious. Billions move the needle. Millions just keep the lights on in a few pet projects.
Oxford Photovoltaics (PV), which has long been on our radar, has secured £8.7 million in new funding as part of a new Series C funding round (the first portion of it), according to a recent press release from the British advanced PV company.
Most solar panels today use silicon wafers to create electricity. Using perovskite instead of silicon lowers the cost of solar panels two ways.
