Request for Information (RFI): PV Community Project - Fielded PV Systems and Components Data

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	Federal Grant Title:	Request for Information (RFI): PV Community Project - Fielded PV Systems and Components Data
	CFDA Number:	81.087
	CFDA Description:	Renewable Energy Research and Development
	Federal Agency Name:	Golden Field Office
	Category of Funding Activity:	Energy
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Continuation
	Funding Opportunity Number:	DE-PS36-09GO39002
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Other
	Posted Date:	Dec 02, 2008
	Creation Date:	Jan 02, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Dec 17, 2008
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Mar 19, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$0
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility

DOE is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for information and feedback from the photovoltaic community stakeholders. These include, but are not limited to, system operators and integrators, utilities, project planners, financial planners, manufacturers, third-party data-aggregation companies, universities, testing facilities, and other interested parties.

Grant Description

The Department of Energy (DOE) today gives notice of a Request for Information (RFI) to invite comment on approaches to address the need for consistently-collected reliability data of fielded photovoltaic systems, data analysis to deduce methods for assessing reliability and to improve accelerated aging tests to create predictive models, improvement in existing tests, more information on best practices for reliability and accelerated aging tests, and assessing the nature and frequency of safety-related issues (arcing, building integration aspects, and ground faults) and their relationship with long-term performance. It is clear that the foundation to address these needs is a database consisting of photovoltaic system and component reliability, as well as performance data, which are collected in a consistent manner. In addition to the database, it is necessary for DOE to collaborate with the national laboratories and others to evaluate the data, develop new or modified tests, assess safety, evaluate system and component interactions, and develop predictive models. DOE is issuing this RFI for information and feedback from the PV community stakeholders. These include, but are not limited to, system operators and integrators, utilities, project planners, financial planners, manufacturers, third-party data-aggregation companies, universities, testing facilities, and other interested parties. A link to the full RFI is found by scrolling to the bottom of this page. DOE will review all responses and consider them in their formulation of program strategies. DOE will not pay for information provided and there is no guarantee that there will be a FOA as a result of this RFI. Questions regarding the content of this RFI should be submitted through the "Submit question" feature of the DOE Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) at http://e-center.doe.gov.

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