National Center for Photovoltaics

The National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV) at NREL focuses on technology innovations that drive industry growth in U.S. photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing. The NCPV is a central resource for our nation's capabilities in PV research, development, deployment, and outreach.

Mission

To help the U.S. photovoltaic industry maintain a competitive position, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) created the National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV), which is part of the DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program.

When the NCPV was created in 1996, it drew on the core expertise of the following organizations:

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• Sandia National Laboratories
• Brookhaven National Laboratory
• DOE University Centers of Excellence in PV:
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Institute of Energy Conversion at the University of Delaware
• DOE Regional Experiment Stations:
  • Southeast Regional Experiment Station
  • Southwest Technology Development Institute
• Many university and industry partners.

Today, the NCPV activities support the DOE SunShot Initiative. The goal is to make large-scale solar energy systems cost-competitive with other energy sources by 2020.

Contacts

Greg Wilson
Director of the National Center for Photovoltaics
Phone: 303-384-6491

Lynnae Boyd
NREL Solar Program Integrator
Phone: 303-384-6491