Photovoltaic Testing Lab Research
ASU’s Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory has received an $800,000 grant to test the reliability of concentrator photovoltaic (PV) modules by subjecting the equipment to a range of extremes including temperature and other stresses. This research is made possible by a grant from the Solar America Initiative. ...
... "The Department of Energy’s SAI program, which took form at the request of President George W. Bush, aims to make solar energy cost-competitive with more conventional forms of electricity. The program has the goal of bringing solar energy’s price down to the 5 cents to 10 cents per kilowatt-hour range by 2015. The ASU grant is one of 11 awarded to university-industry teams in this round of funding. " ...Via Arizona State University: Photovoltaic Testing Lab gets solar grant