Benefits from the US photovoltaic manufacturing technology project

Mitchell, R.; Witt, C.E.; Thomas, H.P.; Herwig, Lloyd O.; Ruby, D.S.; Aldrich, C.C.

doi:10.1109/pvsc.1996.564350

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“…This has been accomplished through six procurements, including the latest and currently active procurement titled "In-line Diagnostics and Intelligent Processing (IDIP)." The details of these procurements have been described in a number of other papers [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] and will not be reviewed here. Generally, over the course of these procurements, subcontracts have focused on three main areas.…”

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PV Manufacturing R&D Accomplishments and Status

Mooney¹,

Mitchell²,

Witt³

et al. 2003

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) PV Manufacturing Research and Development Project has worked for 11 years in partnership with the U.S. photovoltaic industry to reduce manufacturing costs while significantly scaling up production capacity. Over this period, the PV Manufacturing R&D Project has issued seven solicitations for partnerships that have resulted in over 50 cost-shared R&D subcontracts that addressed the cost and capacity goals of the Project, including 10 that are currently active. The previous and current contracts have typically focused on addressing Project goals in one of two areas: module manufacturing and balance-of-systems (BOS)/systems work. The majority of the DOE investment has been targeted toward module manufacturing. The partnerships have resulted in a significant and measurable increase in PV module/systems production capacity, a decrease in PV manufacturing costs, and a subsequent return on the joint public and private investments facilitated by the Project.

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confidence: 99%

PV Manufacturing R&D Accomplishments and Status

Mooney¹,

Mitchell²,

Witt³

et al. 2003

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“…As previously described [1][2][3][4][5], the PVMaT project is a government/industry R&D partnership between the U.S. federal government (through the U.S. Department of Energy [DOE]) and members of the U.S. PV industry. PVMaT is designed to accomplish its purpose by helping industry improve manufacturing processes, accelerate manufacturing cost reductions for PV modules, improve commercial product performance, and lay the groundwork for a substantial scale-up in the capacity of U.S.-based PV manufacturing plants.…”

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Progress update on the US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology project

Mitchell¹,

Witt²,

Thomas³

et al.

Conference Record of the Twenty Sixth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1997

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The Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology (PVMaT) project is helping the U.S. photovoltaic (PV) industry extend its world leadership role in manufacturing and stimulate the commercial development of PV modules and systems. Initiated in 1990, PVMaT is being carried out in several directed and staggered phases to support industry's continued progress. Thirteen subcontracts awarded in FY 1996 under Phase 4A emphasize improvement and cost reduction in the manufacture of full-system PV products. Areas of work in Phase 4A included, but were not limited to, issues such as improving module-manufacturing processes; system and system-component packaging, integration, manufacturing, and assembly; product manufacturing flexibility; and balance-of-system development with the goal of product manufacturing improvements. These Phase 4A, product-driven manufacturing research and development (R&D) activities are now completing their second phase. Progress under these Phase 4A and remaining Phase 2B subcontracts from the earlier PVMaT solicitation are summarized in this paper. Evaluations of the success of this project have been carried out in FY 1995 and late FY 1996. This paper examines the 1997 cost/capacity data that have been collected from active PVMaT manufacturers.

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