The
DOE
earlier
this
month
announced
$56m
for
concentrating
solar
power
(CSP)
technology
research;
$25m
to
help
Soitech
build
a
concentrating
PV
(CPV)
factory
in
San
Diego;
$8m
in
funding
for
nine
startup
companies
in
the
SunShot
Incubator;
and
a
$10m
competition
aimed
at
driving
the
installed
cost
of
rooftop
solar
to
$2
per
watt.
Through
its
SunShot
initiative,
launched
in
early
2011,
the
DOE
aims
to
foster
a
solar
industry
that
can
generate
electricity
at
costs
competitive
with
conventional
power
by
2020.
The
CSP
research
grants
fund
21
projects
[