Tandem PV wins $7.7M US energy grant to scale perovskite solar
What's the deal? Tandem PV, a US solar panel maker, has been selected for a US Department of EnergyDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → programme that will provide about $7.7 million (€6.6 million) through ARPA-EDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →'s SCALEUP Ready award. The money will accelerate commercial production of its perovskite-silicon tandem solar technology.
What's the endgame? The company develops perovskite-silicon tandem panels, a design that stacks two light-absorbing layers to capture more of the solar spectrum than conventional silicon cells. The grant targets the leap from lab results to commercial-scale manufacturing.
Why now? ARPA-E's SCALEUP programme backs technologies ready to move toward market. Tandem PV joins a wave of US clean-energy manufacturing awards; on the same day, Coreshell secured a $50 million grant for a metallurgical silicon battery gigafactory.
The signal: At $7.7 million, the grant ranks in the 92nd percentile among US deep-tech grant rounds tracked all-time. That places Tandem PV's award near the top of a field of nearly 4,000 comparable deals — a sign of continued federal appetite for next-generation solar manufacturing.
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