Physics of Reliability: Evaluating Design Insights for Component Technologies in Solar 2 (PREDICTS2)

Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0001195 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: EnergyCFDA Number: 81.087Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: DOE-GFOClosing Date: Mar 12, 2015Award Ceiling: $1,500,000Expected Number of Awards: 10Creation Date: Dec 01, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: The Physics of Reliability: Evaluating Design Insights for Component Technologies in Solar 2 (PREDICTS 2) funding opportunity announcement (FOA) seeks research and development projects that will advance the reliability and durability of solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies. Eligible projects will examine the performance of PV modules and will develop accelerated tests to better understand how solar modules degrade over time and achieve improved lifetime performance of the modules. Key focus areas will include using physics and chemistry and advanced data analysis to gain a better understanding of why solar modules fail, developing improved product tests and new rapid testing techniques or instruments ? either outdoors after installation or during the manufacturing process ? that evaluate module reliability, and improving data models to predict performance over time. These projects will directly support SunShot?s mission to cut the cost of...
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