Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the allocation of 87 million U.S. dollars of foreign (of which 50 million U.S. dollars from the Recovery and Reinvestment Act Fund)-funded solar energy research and development of new technologies, as well as large-scale solar power systems. Of which 17 million U.S. dollars used to finance the Department of Energy's five National Laboratory (Argonne National Laboratory, Luo Sie Alamos National Laboratory, National Agency for New Energy Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Savannah River National Laboratory) are engaged in solar photovoltaic concentrator power generation technology R & D projects.
The remaining 70 million U.S. dollars used to finance the development of solar energy systems 7 projects, contents include: power grid stability, model, test and evaluation; in 16 cities to establish 40 new solar energy community projects aimed at removing barriers to the use of solar in the city; in the solar project area nine universities, colleges and local institutional training facilities for assembly of solar energy professionals.
Nov. 5, 2009
