PV manufacturing R&D project status & accomplishments under "in-line diagnostics & intelligent processing"

Author

Brown, K.E. ; Mitchell, R.L. ; Bower, W.I. ; King, R.

Author_Institution

Nat. Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO, USA

fYear

2005

Firstpage

1671

Lastpage

1674

Abstract

In 1991, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories embarked on a research partnership with the U.S. photovoltaic (PV) industry by cost-sharing industry-based R&D efforts. The PV Manufacturing R&D (PVMR&D) Project, an extension of the earlier PV Manufacturing Technology (PVMaT) Project, aims at streamlining and improving the current PV manufacturing technology to enable U.S. manufacturers to compete in the global marketplace. Currently, PVMR&D has ten active subcontracts with manufacturers working in several facets of the U.S. PV industry; four subcontracts were completed within the past year.

Keywords

electrical products industry; renewable energy sources; research and development; solar cells; R&D project status; cost-sharing industry; inline diagnostics; intelligent processing; photovoltaic industry; photovoltaic manufacturing technology; Costs; Investments; Laboratories; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Production; Renewable energy resources; Research and development; Subcontracting; US Department of Energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2005. Conference Record of the Thirty-first IEEE

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8707-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488468

Filename

1488468