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

Post Date

December 1st 2014

Application Due Date

March 12th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

DE-FOA-0001195

CFDA Number(s)

81.087

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Energy

Number of Awards

10

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Non-DOE/NNSA FFRDCs and non-DOE GOGOs are eligible to apply for funding as a Subrecipient, but are not eligible to apply as a Prime Recipient. Federal agencies and instrumentalities (other than DOE) are eligible to apply for funding as a subrecipient, but are not eligible to apply as a prime recipient.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $9700000

• Award Range:

  $500000 - $1500000

Grant 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 solar energy technologies and increase widespread deployment of safe, reliable and efficient solar electricity nationwide. The total federal funding for this opportunity will be approximately $9.7 million with a minimum 20% required awardee cost share. Individual awards will likely range from $500,000 to $1,500,000. The full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is posted on the EERE eXCHANGE website at https://eere-exchange.energy.gov. Applications must be submitted through the EERE eXCHANGE website to be considered for award. The applicant must first register and create an account on the EERE eXCHANGE website. A User Guide for the EERE eXCHANGE can be found on the EERE website https://eere- exchange.energy.gov/Manuals.aspx after logging in to the system. Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the announcement and where to submit questions regarding submission of applications is found in the full FOA posted on the EERE eXCHANGE website.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Energy

• Office:

  Golden Field Office

• Agency Contact:

  FOA Mailbox
  PREDICTS@ee.doe.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  PREDICTS@ee.doe.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  PREDICTS@ee.doe.gov

• More Information:

  https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/default.aspx#FoaId9b10c31e-e6ba-4669-bfbd-9fb461a87e96