January 7, 2019

Professor Brian B. Johnson leads Department of Energy-funded research to halve cost of solar power electronics

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has pledged $2.84M to a research team led by 91̽»¨ (UW) electrical & computer engineering (ECE) professor Brian B. Johnson to lower the cost of power electronics in solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. The DOE’s long-term goal is to cut the cost of solar PV systems in half by 2030, down to $0.03/kWh over the lifetime of a system. The multi-institutional team includes 91̽»¨ECE professor Daniel Kirschen, leading experts from the University of Colorado Boulder (CU), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed.

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