美国能源部的国家再生能源实验室日前宣布，作为刚宣布的加快太阳能技术商业化的一部分，国家能源部正征求资金项目建议。
伏技术孵化器合作项目目的在于促进美国小企业和国家再生能源实验室部门间的相互合作。资助主要集中在具有高影响力的至关重要的领域，逐步发展光伏技术，满足美国能源部到2015年减少对光伏发电成本和扩大光伏发电系统安装能力扩的目标。
国家再生能源实验室（NREL）将接受这两类计划：第一类和第二类征集反应。 （以前的几轮光伏孵化器计划，为征集意向书已分别印发了“ 预孵化器”和“ 对于这一轮孵化器”计划。以下称NREL所请求意向书一级和二级分类。）一级的项目通过12个月的分包合同，加快创新光伏组件相关技术发展原型阶段可得到100万美元金费； 二级项目通过18个月分包合同，重点缩短过渡时间，安排到试点企业创新实验室最终可获得高达400万美元资金。
The U. S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory is seeking project proposals as part of recently announced DOE funding to accelerate commercialization of solar energy technologies.
The Photovoltaic Technology Incubator project fosters collaboration between U.S. small businesses and NREL and other DOE laboratories and facilities. Funding is intended to focus attention on high-impact areas that are critical to scaling-up PV technology and meet aggressive DOE goals to reduce the cost of PV-generated electricity and expand installed PV capacity by 2015.
NREL will accept responses to this Solicitation in two categories: Tier 1 and Tier 2. (In previous rounds of the PV Incubator program, separate Solicitations for LOI have been issued under “Pre-Incubator” and “Incubator” programs. For this round, NREL is requesting LOI in the following Tier 1 and Tier 2 categories, bringing these two program areas under a single solicitation.) Tier 1 projects will receive up to $1 million through 12 month subcontracts and focus on accelerating the development of innovative PV module-related technologies to the prototype stage. Tier 2 projects will receive up to $4 million through 18 month phased subcontracts and focus on shortening the timeline for companies to transition innovative lab-scale and pre-commercial prototypes into pilot and eventually full-scale manufacture.
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