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National Center for Photovoltaics • Solar Energy Research • National Center for Institute (1974) Photovoltaics (NCPV) • Begins operation in • SERI becomes established in 1996 (1977) National Lab (1991) • Reagan cuts budget by • National Renewable 90% Energy Lab (NREL NCPV NCPV Charter The National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV) focuses on innovations in PV technology that drive industry growth in U.S. photovoltaic manufacturing. The NCPV is directed to use the resources and capabilities of the national labs and universities for the benefit of the U.S. PV industry. The NCPV was created to enhance communication, catalyze strategic partnerships, and serve the PV industry a the place to come to access the wealth of knowledge and facilities within the DOE system. The NCPV charge is to accelerate PV as a viable energy option in the U.S. In October 2008, the Alliance for Sustainable Energy was awarded the contract to manage NREL NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy operated by Midwest Research Institute • Battelle PV Opportunities in the U.S. •The US has the largest solar resource of any industrialized country in the world. • Developing the technology and industrial base to harness this resource is the key to the transformation “green economy” and the US economic recovery. PV Industry Roadmap – US DOE Growth of Global PV Industry US PV Market Share National Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our Energy Future Process Development and Integration Laboratory (PDIL) Universities NREL T&E Toledo Working with the NCPV 1366 Technologies Delaware 3M Florida AMONIX Incubator Arizona State ADCO Cal Tech Advent Solar New Pre-Incubator RIT Applied Materials MIT Technology Pathway Partnerships Applied Optical Sciences Penn State BASF PV Supply Chain Georgia Tech BP Solar Stanford BRP Manufacturing Future Generation Program UC Davis Dow Chemical CSM PV Manufacturing Initiative CaliSolar Colorado Dupont Colorado State First Solar Illinois TPPs GT Solar Ammonix Michigan Incubator Pre-Incubator Infoscitex Sunpower South Florida Calsiolar Banyan Energy Innovalight Soliant Washington Sol Focus Crystal Solar Konarka General Electric Ohio State MicroLink Devices ISET NanoSolar Konarka SoloPower TiSol PrimeStar Nanosolar Primestar Ascent Solar Technologies Next Gen Solar Power Industries BP Solar AVA Solar EPIR Technologies Wakonda SolFocus Greenray Plextronics MicroLink Devices Voxtel Schott Solar Unisolar Innovalight 1366 Technologies Solasta Skyline Solar Dow Chemical Spire Solar Lightwave Power Solexant Spectrolab (Boeing) Vanguard Solar SunPower Ind. CRADAs Solexel Soltaix Semprius TruSeal Plextronics 1366 Technologies Voxtel SpectraWatt Uni-Solar SiXtron Solasta Luna Innovations Corning/Varian Skyline Welcome and have a great meeting! Visit us online at www.nrel.gov National Renewable Energy Operated for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Laboratory Innovation for Our Energy Future By the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.

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