Abstract :
The US Photovoltaic Program stands midway into its Five-Year Plan, 1991-1995. Compared to previous periods, the progress and momentum of the past year and a half has been unprecedented on all fronts-from record efficiencies in the laboratory, to advances in manufacturing, progress in PV industry scale-up, new applications, a more favorable regulatory environment, and growing market opportunities, both domestically and internationally. All of this activity is happening in the context of a new administration which supports accelerated development of environmental technologies. The DOE is committed to keeping this momentum alive to ensure US leadership in the growing photovoltaic market. The purpose of this paper is to give an update of the exciting progress and discuss ways to build on this momentum
Keywords :
marketing; project engineering; research and development management; research initiatives; solar cells; PV industry; US Photovoltaic Program; USA; administration; applications; environmental technologies; manufacturing; market opportunities; progress; scale-up; solar cells; Acceleration; Collaborative work; Laboratories; Manufacturing industries; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Photovoltaic systems; Production; Prototypes; Solar power generation; US Department of Energy;
