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Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics

ID: DE-FOA-0003058 • Type: Posted
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Description

The Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics FOA will focus on accelerating the capabilities of two thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies: metal-halide perovskite PV and cadmium telluride (CdTe) PV technologies. It will fund innovative industrial research and development (R&D) projects that will enable future commercialization of hybrid tandem perovskite PV, defined as a perovskite PV in combination with another technology such as silicon or CdTe. It will also fund industrial research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects across the materials, equipment, installation, and performance monitoring sectors to improve the competitiveness of the domestic CdTe PV industry. This FOA promotes American leadership in thin-film PV technology by promoting the domestic manufacture of thin-film PV modules. With this goal in mind, only for-profit entities and teams led by for-profit entities may apply to this FOA (see Section III.A for more details on eligibility criteria) and all work must be performed in the United States (see Section IV.I.iii. and Appendix C).

Overview

Category of Funding
Energy
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 9/12/23 Golden Field Office posted grant opportunity DE-FOA-0003058 for Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics with funding of $36.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development. It is expected that 15 total grants will be made worth between $1.0 million and $20.0 million.

Timing

Posted Date
Sept. 12, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Dec. 18, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EST Past Due
Last Updated
Dec. 12, 2023, 5:10 p.m. EST
Version
4
Archive Date
Jan. 17, 2024

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Small businesses
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
i. Domestic EntitiesThe proposed prime recipient must be a domestic, for-profit entity for which the scope of work performed by the prime recipient must represent the majority of the work performed (over 50%), as measured by the total project costs. The proposed prime recipient and subrecipient(s) must be domestic entities. The following types of domestic entities are eligible to participate as a subrecipient of this FOA:1. Institutions of higher education2. For-profit entities3. Nonprofit entities4. State and local governmental entities, and Indian tribesTo qualify as a domestic entity, the entity must be organized, chartered or incorporated (or otherwise formed) under the laws of a particular state or territory of the United States; have majority domestic ownership and control; and have a physical place of business in the United States. DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to apply for funding as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient for Topic 1, and Topic 2.Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.Federal agencies and instrumentalities (other than DOE) are eligible to participate as a subrecipient but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient. See FOA for additional information.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$20,000,000
Floor
$1,000,000
Estimated Program Funding
$36,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
15

Contacts

Contact
Golden Field Office
Contact Email
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Contact Phone
(202) 287-1878
Additional Information
EERE Funding Opportunity Exchange

Documents

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