Analysts Share Tools for Communities, Tribes, and Jurisdictions Looking for Ways To Make Solar Energy Meet Their Needs Solar energy can provide more than light and heat. It can provide opportunities for renters to develop equity through community solar projects, for example, or create avenues for workforce development, lower utility … [continued]
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office invites you to register for the annual National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) Summit on February 14 from 12:00–4:00 p.m. ET. This year’s summit, “Community Solar – Deploying Benefits & Delivering Impacts,” will convene community solar stakeholders from across the industry, including … [continued]
On January 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) issued a request for information (RFI) to better understand technology development needs and commercialization opportunities for receivers and reactors used in concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants for electricity generation and concentrating solar-thermal (CST) plants for … [continued]
Previous research has shown that social influence can drive rooftop solar adoption. Research to date has primarily focused on influence between households, but certain forms of social influence may also exist between non-residential and residential installations. For example, an individual could decide to adopt after seeing solar panels installed at … [continued]
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), has awarded $1.8 million to fund seven projects to support the Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium (CTAC). Announced in August 2022, CTAC is a three-year consortium intended to accelerate the development of … [continued]
20 Teams Win $50,000 and Move on to Set! Contest A new crop of semifinalists has been selected to move on to the Set! Contest in the American-Made Solar Prize Round 7. Twenty teams from across the country were awarded cash prizes for their innovative solutions for making the solar industry … [continued]
Round 2 of the Community Power Accelerator Prize Names 25 Phase 1 Winning Teams The American-Made Community Power Accelerator Prize, now in its second round, is a $10 million prize competition designed to fast-track the efforts of new, emerging, and expanding solar developers and co-developers. Throughout the competition, teams are … [continued]
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Heliostat Consortium (HelioCon), co-led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and joined by partners at Sandia National Laboratories and the Australian Solar Thermal Research Institute (ASTRI), announced publication of the HelioCon Annual Report: 2023, which provides detailed information on progress the HelioCon team has made since … [continued]
To ensure continual power during an outage, communities and local energy planners can install microgrids, which have their own power sources and can deliver renewable energy, like solar, to strengthen community resilience. Now, there is a tool designed to connect and coordinate multiple microgrids to maintain reliable electric service, integrate more solar … [continued]
On September 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) released the Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics funding opportunity, which will award $36 million for research, development, and demonstration projects on two major thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies. The projects resulting from this funding opportunity will … [continued]
