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DOE Solar Program FY 2007 Annual Report Table of Contents
The DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program......................................................................................... i
Photovoltaic R&D Subprogram Overview ................................................................................................1
Fundamental Research..................................................................................................................3
University and Exploratory Research ................................................................................... 4
Electronic Materials and Devices
Concentrator Crystalline Cells ..................................................................................... 13
Polycrystalline Thin-Film Device Research ................................................................. 20
Process Technology and Advanced Materials..................................................................25
Silicon M aterials and Devices ........................................................................................ 30
Cell and M odule Stability & Reliability........................................................................... 34
M easurem ents and Characterization ................................................................................... 37
Resource and Safety Research
Environm ental Health and Safety ................................................................................. 58
Solar Resource Characterization ................................................................................. 62
Advanced Materials and Devices .......................................................................................... 67
Systems Development
Solar Am erica Initiative Photovoltaic Incubator ............................................................. 69
Solar Am erica Initiative Project M onitoring ................................................................... 71
Technology Pathway Partnership................................................................................. 73
Component Development
PV Manufacturing R&D .....................................................................................................83
Thin Film PV Partnership Program ............................................................................... 89
Systems Analysis
PV Grid Integration............................................................................................................ 97
Market, Value, and Policy Analysis.................................................................................100
Modeling.......................................................................................................................... 103
Systems Testing and Evaluation
PV Inverter and Balance-of-System Testing...................................................................106
PV Module and Array Testing .........................................................................................111
PV Module Failure Analysis ............................................................................................115
Photovoltaic System Evaluation and Optimization .........................................................118
Regional Experiment Stations.........................................................................................121
Component Testing and Evaluation
Solar Radiometry and Metrology ....................................................................................125
PDIL Infrastructure, Engineering, and Integration ................................................................. 131
Market Transformation..............................................................................................................135
Codes and Standards............................................................................................................ 137
Training and Certification.......................................................................................................143
Technology Acceptance ........................................................................................................149
Building Integration
Solar Decathlon...............................................................................................................152
Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (Solar Building Benchmarking) ................................. 157
Finance and Insurance ................................................................................................... 160
Technical Partnerships
Government Solar Installation Program.......................................................................... 162
Solar America Cities........................................................................................................ 165
Solar America Showcases ..............................................................................................171
Technical Outreach
State and Utility Outreach ...............................................................................................174
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