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["Solar Energy Technologies Office - Teaming Partner List  (DE-FOA-0002064)"]
["Updated: May 21, 2019"]
["Organization"," Contact Name"," Organization Type"," Area of Technical Expertise"," Description of Capabilities ","Contact Information","Topic Area"]
["Boise State University","Todd Otanicar","University","Heat transfer, solar thermal, concentrating PV","On-sun testing (low to high flux), solar simulators, design of multiple test beds, technoeconomic modeling, durability testing and modeling, materials development","toddotanicar@boisestate.edu\n513-293-3000"]
["Case Western Reserve University","Roger French","University","PV degradation, module encapsulation and packaging, PV time-series modeling and analysis, data science, machine learning, PV image processing, PV measurement, PV accelerated testing, materials degradation","Hadoop/Hbase/Spark cluster, High Performance Computing cluster, optical characterization tool suite, module fabrication, testing and exposure equipment including solar simulation/I-V, EL/PL/FL imaging, Suns-Voc, microwave photoconductive decay, DH/TC/multi-factor exposure chambers, mechanical loading, outdoor test facility with I-V/Pmp/temperature/weather time-series data acquisition","rxf131@case.edu","1,5"]
["City University of New York","Tria Case","University","Soft BOS for Solar, Solar Mapping, Collaborative trusted platform, training, communications, DG ombudsmen, Soft BOS for Storage, data","Implementing multiple federal, state and city solar initiatives; organizing and managing collaborative stakeholder groups- including utilties, authorities and industry- particularily around creating transparent processes for solar and storage permitting, zoning and financing;  addressing issues unique to urban environments; developing IT and mapping tools such as NY Solar Map and Portal","tria.case@cuny.edu 646-664-2856  ","Topic Areas 3.1, 3.3 and 5.2"]
["Colorado School of Mines","Gregory Jackson","University / Academic","Thermal/thermochemical energy storage with experimental and modeling capabilities, opearations research, technoeconomics","High-temperature particle flow heat transfer testing, materials characterization, multi-phase flow modeling, optimization of plant perfromance/operation, ","Dept. of Mechanical Eng., 1610 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401                                                                                                     303-273-3609\ngsjackso@mines.edu\n","Concentrating Solar Power"]
["Core Energy Works LLC","Jim Rand","Engineering Services Company","Module design, performance and reliability","CORE Energy Works is an engineering services company with expertise in photovoltaic performance testing. Our experience draws on years of working in the solar industry, both in cell and module manufacturing as well as operating a certification laboratory. We use test methods that are non-disruptive, allowing us to quickly and inexpensively inspect an entire solar installation, or perform an audit on a limited number of panels to uncover the root cause of performance losses.","304A Markus Court, Newark DE 19713\njim.rand@coreenergyworks.com","All"]
["Energy Systems","Dr. Hasna J. Khan","Woman owned small business","Improving solar access of disadvantaged communities through soft cost reduction of solar applications and innovativ financing. Off-grid and grid tied solutions of Solar mini-micro grid, Storage","Innovation for scaling up solar application for under-served population. Design of solar PV solutions for  communities and individual homes ","1922 Cannery Loop, Davis, CA 95616\nHasnajkhan@gmail.com\n(757) 753 4980","Topic 3"]
["GridBright, Inc.","Ali Vojdani; Ph.D.","Small Business","GridBright (gridbright.com) is a boutique systems integrator specializing in grid resiliency and integration of renewables and distributed energy resources. We currently serve over 50 utilities and renewable developers in the US. We are also engaged in several DOE R&D projects focused on grid data, including multiple EERE projects.  Our BetterGrids grid data Repository (bettergrids.org), developed under an ARPA-E award, has registered users in 45 countries.  ","GridBright can provide:\ni) Grid models and other test data for your project leveraging our BetterGrids  Repository;  \nii) Deep expertise on ADMS, DERMS, Systems Integration, and Cyber Security; \niii) Well organzied Data Management Plan (DMP), Interoperability Plan, and Cyber-Security Plan as required in the FOA;  \niv) Tech-to-Market coaching by successful entreprenuers;  and\nv) Our cloud-hosted R&D Collaboration Tools to enable efficient collaboration among geographically dispersed R&D teams.  ","160 Alamo Plaza, #830\nAlamo, CA 94507\nali.vojdani@gridbright.com\n925-899-9025\n",5]
["Houston Advanced Research Center","Gavin Dillingham","Non-profit research institute","Solar interconnection, inspection and permitting best practices; solar financing; stakeholder engagement; solar+battery microgrid design; ","Led Solar America Cities project for City of Houston to reduce soft costs via improvements in permitting, inspection and interconnection best practices; development of PACE financing program for Texas; developed online interconnection tool for distributed energy resources; developed online policy decision tools for clean energy deployment; ","gdillingham@harcresearch.org; Phone - 281-216-7147\n","Balance of Systems Soft Costs Reduction, Solar Finance "]
["Institute for Sustainable Communities","Steve Nicholas","International Nonprofit","Collaboration on solar market expansion at the metropolitan regional scale; community-led solar projects that include workforce development, job creation and resilience-building elements","Designing and delivering peer-learning and technical assistance platforms and programs; designing and delivering multistakeholder planning processes; strengthening capacity (through training and technical assistance) for community-led solar projects and programs, as well as collaborative, multijuriscictional, cross-sector solar market expansion at the metropolitan regional scale; building and coordinating networks; management of complex, multi-site, DOE-funded projects; developing and disseminating knowledge products (e.g. best practices)","snicholas@sustain.org\n802.229.2907\n","3.1, 3.3"]
["Karamco USA Inc.","Nasser Karam","S Corp, Small Business","Advanced Solar cells, Multijunction III-V on GaAs, Ge, Si, other; Concentrator CPV, Pervoskite, High efficiency, Low-Cost. Materials Growth, Device Fabrication, Testing of Solar Cells R&D, qualification,  Manufacturing","consulting and technical support in Proposal writing, device design, fabrication and testing. Project exectution.                                                      https://www.linkedin.com/in/nasser-karam-aa483610/","\nNasser.Karam@KaramcoUSA.com\n(818)486-3165","Areas:1, 3, 4"]
["Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory","Galen Barbose","Government","Solar energy economics, price trends, and benefits; Policies and regulations affecting the solar market; Public acceptance of solar power; Solar power finance; Solar power valuation and integration","LBNL provides rigorous and impartial analysis of solar markets in the United States focusing on the potential benefits, costs, and barriers to solar power deployment. Two annual reports provide the foundation for this analysis: Tracking the Sun (TTS), which describes trends in the installed price of distributed photovoltaic (PV) systems in the United States, and Utility-Scale Solar (USS), which describes cost, pricing, performance, and technology trends for utility-scale solar projects. LBNL has intricate knowledge of the various demographic datasets useful in understanding solar adoption trends among low and moderate income customers.  LBNL also has expertise in understanding the development timeframes for residential PV systems related to factors like permiting, community characterisitcs, and installers.  In various on-going projects, we quantify the system value of solar PV, CSP, and solar+storage. Learn more about our work here: https://emp.lbl.gov/projects/solar","GLBarbose@lbl.gov (510) 495-2593\n1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA","3.1; 3.3; 5.2"]
["Michigan Technological University","Lei Pan, Tim Eisele","University","Recycling","A variety of lab-scale and pilot-scale crushing, grinding, classification, and separation equipment are available. Crushing, shredding, and grinding capability includes jaw, gyratory, shorthead and roll crushers; hammer mill shredder; rod, ball, and attrition grinding mills. Separation capabilities include hydrocyclone, air cyclone, jigs, shaking table, spirals, dry/wet magnetic separators, electrostatic separator, froth flotation equipment, filtering and drying. PIs have years of experience in developing recycling technologies for EV batteries, lead-acid batteries, rubbers, metallurgical slags, fly ash, and electronics. Large wet-basin area provides capability for designing and constructing a pilot-scale recycling process.","Lei Pan; leipan@mtu.edu; 906-487-2569","Topic Area 1, PV recycling"]
["Mississippi State University","Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani","University","Grid-forming inverters, PV-specific grid-forming inverters,   Grid-following inverters, Grid services from BTM DERs, Dynamic modeling of inverters","Extensive experience with grid-following and grid-forming inverter control designs; Efficient modeling of such systems; Issues with fault-ride-through of grid-forming inverters; Issues with weak grid conditions; Expertise with desigining PV-specific grid-forming inverters with flexible properties such as adjustable linear and nonlinear inertia without need to a battery energy storage; and Integrating PV with battery energy storage to provide ramping capability.","Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mississippi State University                                                   216 Simrall Engineering Building                                    Phone: (662) 325-5838                                                                    E-mail: karimi@ece.msstate.edu ",5]
["National Renewable Energy Laboratory","Andrew Hudgins","Government","Grid modernization, complex systems integration, controls strategies, CSP, storage, systems optimization.","NREL's Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) provides various equipment and capabilities tailored for development, evaluation and demonstration of advanced grid interactive technologies. Of note, ESIF systems allow Controller-, Hardware-, Power Hardware-, and Thermal- in the loop setups to emulate real world/grid conditions using real-time simulation tethered to actual hardware operation. ESIF engineering and research staff assist projects in design of experiment and partner with technology providers to provide relevant validation and demonstration. ESIF is particularly dominant in microgrid and renewable DER integration including system controls, DC re-creation (batteries, solar), communications and security/resiliency scenarios. ESIF uses diesel and natural gas generators (including CHP), protection equipment, metering and data acquisition to build the most realistic technology evaluation environment possible short of field deployment.","userprogram.esif@nrel.gov","2, 4, 5"]
["National Renewable Energy Laboratory","Jenny Heeter","Government","PV permitting, inspection and interconnection timelines, community solar program design, incentive program development, low-income solar market","NREL has expertise in streamlining PV permitting, inspection and interconnection timelines, providing analytical support to local governments and other entities, creating optimal community solar programs, expanding solar lending by community and regional financial institutions, as well as evaluating solar potential and program design in various sub-market segments (e.g. low income solar, community solar). NREL also has data and roadmaps on understanding and reducing solar soft costs. ","jenny.heeter@nrel.gov, 303-275-4366","3.1, 3.3"]
["National Renewable Energy Laboratory","Mark Mehos","National Lab","Research, testing, and evaluation of next-generation (Gen3) CSP materials and components. Techneconomic analysis of CSP and process heat systems integrated with thermal energy storage. Technoeconomic analysis of stand-alone and CSP integrated pumped heat electricity storage. Hourly/sub-hourly CSP unit committment and optimal dispatch. Capacity expansion modeling with a highly resolved representation of solar resource.","R&D capabilities in CSP span the entire electricity system—from generation to transmission and distribution to the end user. NREL scientists and engineers pursue R&D and provide assistance in the following four areas: 1) mechanical, thermal, and optical materials science, 2) laboratory characterization of performance and durability of high-temperature heat transfer and thermal storage materials, receivers, and collectors, 3) field characterization of parabolic trough collectors and heliostats, 4) development and use software tools to facilitate site selection, optimize system design, evaluate cost and performance of CSP systems, and examine the value in terms of costs and benefits of CSP integration into the power grid. For more information, see https://www.nrel.gov/csp/research.html and https://www.nrel.gov/csp/facilities.html.","\n15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401\nmark.mehos@nrel.gov\n303-384-7458","2,3,4"]
["National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)","Barry Mather","FFRDC","Systems Integration Research focused on the integration of renewable energy sources at ever higher levels, autonomous energy systems, end-to-end solar system valuation and technical analysis","Grid-interface prototype development, advanced CHIL/PHIL testing, autonomous/distributed controls development, transient modeling, dynamic modeling, quasi-static time-series modeling, transmission/distribution co-simulation, ADMS control development, ADMS evaluation, microgrid control development, microgrid evaluation, forecasting, wide-area control development, standards development, technical interconnection requirements analysis, component/aggragated model development and solar resource data analysis.","barry.mather@nrel.gov",5]
["Natural Power","Christine Bordonaro","Consulting","Photovoltaic module technologies and applications; Energy storage technologies and applications; Energy modeling approaches for PV systems; Project due diligence; Equipment reliability; Independent Engineering; Field inspections; System performance evaluations","We provide solar and energy storage project support:\n•Pre-construction due diligence: Financeable energy yield analysis; equipment evaluation; design review; contract and financial model reviews; environmental permitting and monitoring\n•Construction support: Field inspections; commissioning and acceptance test evaluation\n•Post-construction due diligence: Plant performance evaluation; O&M services; troubleshooting and warranty claim support\nWe have completed over 2GW of solar energy yield assessments, provided IE services on more than 750MW of solar PV projects, and performed due diligence on over 4.3GW of new and operating solar PV projects.","60 Railroad Place, Suite 205, Saratoga Springs NY 12866\nchristineb@naturalpower.com\nwww.naturalpower.com\n518-306-7263","Topic Area 1 and 3"]
["New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)","Houtan Moaveni","Government","Reducing solar and battery energy storage soft costs (interconnection, permitting, inspection, planning, regulatory policy, zoning, property tax, customer education, training and workforce development), community solar program design, incentive program development, low-income solar market, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, market research, economic modeling, market development and finance.","Offer information and analysis, programs, technical expertise, and funding aimed at helping New Yorkers increase energy efficiency, save money, use renewable energy, and reduce their reliance on fossil fuels. Collaborate with businesses, industry, the federal government, academia, the environmental community, public interest groups, and energy market participants to reduce energy consumption and establish a self-sustaining clean energy industry in New York State.","Houtan.Moaveni@nyserda.ny.gov \n\n","3.1 & 3.4"]
["North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center","Achyut Shrestha","Non-Profit, University","Comparative analysis of state solar policy, Model ordinances for landuse for solar, Community solar, stakeholder engagement & convening","Comparative legislative and regulatory State policy analysis across 50 states in solar, grid modernization, electric vehicles, Technical and economic feasibility analysis for residential, commercial, and utility scale solar PV projects, Community solar program design with solar and storage for coops and municipal utilities, South East state and regional convening ","abshrest@ncsu.edu                                                                                                                                          Office: (919)-515-0341\nCell: (413)-387-5662\n","Balance of Systems Soft Costs Reduction, Advanced Solar Systems Integration Technologies"]
["Northern Arizona University","Brent Nelson","University / Academic","Demand side management, load control, energy analysis","Technoeconomic analysis, modeling of flexible loads, building sector energy consumption and energy efficiency technologies ","brent.nelson@nau.edu\n928-523-0862\n","Advanced solar systems integration technologies"]
["NREL Reliability and Engineering","Bill Marion","National Lab","PV system performance model development, PV system testing and evaluation","We have a method to use inverter data from one PV system to estimate the performance of nearby systems and this could be used to determine the performance of systems without access to their data or to minimize the number of systems requiring data access, thereby facilitating real-time operations of the integration of their data into utility information systems. Method described here: Marion, B., Smith, B., 2017. Photovoltaic system derived data for determining the solar resource and for modeling the performance of other photovoltaic systems, Solar Energy 147: 349–357. ","15013 Denver West Parkway\nbill.marion@nrel.gov\n303-384-6793\n",5.3]
["Oak Ridge National Laboratory","Dominic Lee","Government","Advanced materials and manufacturing; Corrosion science; Molten salt science; Systems integration; Power electronics; Storage; Grid integration; Cyber security","ORNL's many users and specialty facilities provide state-of-the-art capabilities ranging from materials characterization to testing of power electronics devices to advanced manufacturing of large-scale parts. Our Manufacturing Demonstrate Facility (MDF) houses latest additive manufacturing machines and is leading the development of additive manufactured polymer, composite and metal parts. For Generation 3 CSP, ORNL has a collection of high temp corrosion testing capabilities and is setting up 700 deg C molten salt and supercritical carbon dioxide test loops for CSP components development. Our systems integration capabilities range from device to system-level design and testing, incorporating power electronics hardware and software development, cybersecurity, control strategies, controllable loads, storage and other DERs into a holistic system. ORNL also has extensive grid integration capabilities including modeling and simulation, wide-area visualization and situation awareness of energy resources and critical assets, cyberphysical security, advanced protection schemes, advanced microgrid communications and control, etc.","leedf@ornl.gov  865-241-0775","2, 5"]
["OPAL-RT Corporation ","Dr. Sudipta Chakraborty","For-profit","Real-time simulation of power systems and power electronics; hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)","Development of high-fidelity, real-time models for power systems and power electronics for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing; support for controller HIL (CHIL) and power HIL (PHIL) testing that include actual devices tied with simulated power converters and/or power systems; support CHIL/PHIL testing for protection algorithms and devices; validation of microgrid controllers using CHIL and PHIL;  development of large-scale, real-time, dynamic simulation of power networks in phasor-domain for validating wide area controls with DERs; development of detailed EMT simulation of the power converters and the grid in multi-core CPUs and FPGAs; integration of real-time simulation with communication protocols and communication simulations for cyber-physical system validation. More information can be found in: https://www.opal-rt.com/","Dr. Sudipta Chakraborty\nWheat Ridge, Colorado, USA\nsudipta.chakraborty@opal-rt.com","Topic Area 5: Advanced Solar Systems Integration Technologies"]
["Pecan Street Inc.","Scott Hinson","501(c )-3 Not-for-Profit Corporation","Residential or neighborhood scale system design for distributed energy resources; systems integration; hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testing for residential or small-commercial scale products","Pecan Street is positioned to facilitate the development and demonstration of residential- or neighborhood-scale DER integration solutions through our lab, community testbeds, and data resources. Pecan Street owns and operates a cleantech innovation lab in Austin, TX with specialized testing facilities for smart inverters, energy storage, rooftop and ground-mount PV, electric vehicles and grid-tied vehicle-to-grid solutions. Pecan Street's team includes world-class data engineers, software and hardware developers, power systems engineers and a Master Electrician - all with deep expertise in DERs. Pecan created and manages the world's largest residential energy research database that can be applied to solution design, model development and verification, and used to program load banks at its lab for hardware- and software-in-the-loop testing. In home data collected includes direct measurement of real power, current harmonics, reactive power, voltage, and current phase angle at a one second interval for up to 30 circuits per home.  Pecan Street manages residential energy research testbeds in Austin, TX; California; and upstate New York - all containing concentrations of households with PV and EV's - that provide geographically-important datasets and serve as technlogy testing and demonstration sites. ","shinson@pecanstreet.org\n512-940-4701\n3924 Berkman Dr. Austin, TX 78723","5.1, 5.2, and 5.3"]
["Pick My Solar, Inc.","Gordon Algermissen","C Corp    ","Expertise in solar technology and the installer industry, installer network, partners, premier customer experience, customer education, solar project financing, community solar","Pick My Solar is an online marketplace providing homeowners with guidance and automated bids for solar & storage systems from a network of qualified installers. We have both a customer targeting tool for contractors and a value proposition tool for residential, multi-family, and small to mid-size commercial sectors. The company’s managed marketplace has over 100 vetted local installers, creating competition that ensures customers receive the most cost-effective quotes available.Pick My Solar is increasing solar affordability through innovative solar financing – projects that expand solar access by developing new financing tools and/or mechanisms that can, for example, help local financial institutions fund solar energy projects in their communities.The financing options include a cash purchase, solar loan, or solar lease. Pick My Solar enables consumers to explore what going solar would look like for their home without handing over their contact info to any installers or having to face aggressive sales tactics which have plagued the industry. A full API is available for companies interested in adding a solar calculator service for their customers.","gordon@pickmysolar.com\n(888) 454-9979\n525 S Hewitt St, Los Angeles, CA 90013",3]
["Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation","Mahbubul A. Khandaker","Non-Profit 501(c)(3)","Capacity building of community groups for gaining the benefits of affordable solar solutions, demand response and energy efficiency. Assistance to consumers in understanding energy usage pattern, energy efficient appliances and behavioral change. Training for skilled labor force in renewable energy. ","Knowledge on Off-grid and grid tied solar mini grids, and stand alone system for households. Technical training modules for communities on RE and EE.","1922 Cannery Loop, Davis, CA 95616\nMKhandaker2017@gmail.com\n(757) 927-6105","Topic 3"]
["Purdue University","Shripad T. Revankar","University","High temperature CSP, heat transfer, multiphase fluid, large scale experimental systems, themal system modeling and analysis, phase change materaisl, thermal storage, compact heat exchangers","Experimental design, testing and analysis of high temperature (~1000C) CSP system,  salt coolants testing, extensive modeling including CFD and simulation of CSP thermal system, coolant material properties testing,","Shripad T. Revankar\n400 Central Drive, School of Nuclear Engineering\nPurdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906\nshripad@purdue.edu\n765-496-1782\n","Topic Area 2: Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power Research and Development"]
["Rochester Institute of Technology, NanoPower Reserch Laboratory","Seth M. Hubbard","University","III-V solar cells, TCAD simulation and design, materials growth, device fabrication, material, electrical and optical characterization","TS Space Systems 300 mm solar simulator, photoluminescence, photoreflectance, spectral response and quantum efficiency, deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS), glove box with Xe solar simulator, Aixtron CCS-MOCVD, Synopsys Sentaurus Device and Rsoft TCAD programs for solar cell applications.  ","seth.hubbard@rit.edu\n585-475-4214\nhttps://www.rit.edu/nanopower/ ","1.1, 1.2"]
["San Diego State  University","Chris Mi","University","power electronics","integration of PV to the grid with advanced power electronics topologies, devices, core-less transfformers and other technologies. The group has a wast of experience in battery management, power electronics, and wireless power transfer. ","cmi@sdsu.edu 619-594-3741  ","Topic Area 5"]
["Sandia National Laboratories","Paul Gauche","National Lab","Develop CSP technologies for electricity, process heat, hydrogen and fuels.  Develop CSP from concept to large scale testing. Support the CSP industry by providing solutions that assist a large-scale adoption of CSP. ","The Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) program and team performs research and development on next generation CSP at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We partner with other National Labs, universities and with industry to develop CSP from concept to large scale testing at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF), the only large-scale high-flux testing facility in North America. More about the Sandia CSP program at csp.sandia.gov","pgauche@sandia.gov\n(505) 844-0964\ncsp.sanda.gov","Topic Area 2: Concentrating Solar Power"]
["Sandia National Laboratories","Irene Trujillo","National Lab","Performs detailed analysis in PV systems design and characterization. Provides expertise and testing support for existing and new PV designs and emerging technologies. Expertise in qualitative and quantitative analysis, modeling, root-cause analysis, and PV cell and module characterization. Scientific staff provide highly accurate, comprehensive performance characterization of cells, modules, arrays, and balance-of-system components in real-world scenarios. ","PSEL is a multiple-user, multiple-sponsor facility that conducts research in photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules and performs detailed analysis in PV systems design and characterization. The lab offers four different load configuration capabilities; various levels of system amps, volts, watts, indoor/outdoor testing and calibration facilities for laboratory-controlled experiments  using realistic PV systems scenarios. PSEL analyzes and characterizes performance of PV systems and components, including reference  devices, power-production modules, power processing inverters, and balance-of-system hardware. Equipment includes a 2-axis outdoor tracker capable of testing multiple modules at a high level of precision. Outdoor calibrations include irradiance, pyranometer, normal incidencepyrheliometer, and reference-cell measurements. The software that guides PSEL’s outdoor module tracking system uses date, latitude, altitude, and time of day to ensure optimal angles. PSEL researchers use an advanced Climatronics weather system, which includes an aspirated shield for dew point and ambient temperatures, a wind boom, rain bucket, and applicable pressure guage.","Itrujil@sandia.gov\n(505) 845-9961\n","Topic Area 1: Photovoltaics Research and Development"]
["Sandia National Laboratories","Irene Trujillo","National Lab","Conducts research  on the large-scale integration of distributed energy technologies into microgrids, distribution and transmission systems. Conducts cybersecurity R&D, modeling, and simulation. ","The Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory (DETL) combines a variety of energy resources (PV, gensets, energy storage, controllable loads, controllers, protection systems) with control-and hardware-in-the-loop (C/PHIL) capabilities as well as communications and cyber-security capabilities. \nThe Secure Microgrid Test Bed component and system research capabilities include a secure scalable microgrid test bed that consists of three custom DC microgrids along with some AC component capabilities. Microgrids can be operated individually, merged into one larger microgrid, or organized as a network of microgrids. \nThe Emulytics and Threat Analysis Laboratory conducts detailed vulnerability assessments of cyber-physical systems and components such as DER devices, programmable logic controllers, phasor measurement units, smart meters, protection systems, building energy management systems, SCADA, and network components. Capabilities include the integration and coupling of cyber Emulytic with HIL using Sandia’s SCEPTRE environment, for cybersecurity characterization in a physical test bed. This capability uses a live, virtual constructive approach to device and systems cybersecurity testing, enabling high-fidelity analysis of potential impacts from cyber-attacks. ","Itrujil@sandia.gov\n(505)845-9961","Topic Area 5: Systems Integration"]
["Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology","\nKarla Kvaternik","Large Business","Data-driven control and optimization, reinforcement learning, Predictive analytics for Asset management: predictive maintenance, condition monitoring and asset performance optimization.","Siemens Corporate Technology has extensive experience in the domain of asset management for power generation applications, large gas turbines, engines and compressors. We are interested in investigating the adaptation of analytics-based asset management techniques to the solar renewables domain. ","Keryl.cosenzo@siemens.com\nkarla.kvaternik@siemens.com"]
["Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology"," Xiaofan Wu","Large Business","Controller design for large-scale power systems, Grid-forming inverter control, Autonomous power system restoration,  PV forecasting, Grid extension planning,  Energy management system for low-inertia grid","CT US has extensive experience in modeling, simulation and control of power systems with high renewable integration. We are also experienced in field-testing in Siemens flagship projects in Aspern Smart City Research(https://bit.ly/2E2FAC0), IREN2(https://bit.ly/2FXCX7j), and Galapagos Island(https://sie.ag/2rjxiOy). ","Keryl.cosenzo@siemens.com\nxiaofan.wu@siemens.com"," "]
["Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology"," Tao Cui","Large Business"," Mission critical industrial networked control system: PLC, SCADA, fault detection, diagnostic, real time communications, interoperability. Resilient control system: secure, redundancy and robust.","Industrial leading SIMATIC networked control system, Time Sensitive Networking platform, power grid analysis PSS tools.","Keryl.cosenzo@siemens.com\ntao.cui@siemens.com"," "]
["Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology","Songtao Xia","Large Business","Computational design and manufacturing"," - Modeling and simulation of polymer thin-film solar cells \n- Structural optimization of thin-film solar cells including their overall structure, surface texture, polymer backbones, etc, using advanced multi-physics topology/shape optimization technique.","Keryl.cosenzo@siemens.com\nsongtao.xia@siemens.com "," TA1.1, TA1.2"]
["Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology","Sanjeev Srivastava","Large Business","Modeling and Simulation\nOptimization methods"," - Modeling, simulation, and design of grid/microgrid\n- Decentralized multi-agent based optimization \n- Multi-objective optimization to meet grid requirements","Keryl.cosenzo@siemens.com\nSanjeev.srivastava@siemens.com@siemens.com","TA5.2 and TA5.3"]
["Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology","Ti-Chiun Chang, Aditi Roy","Large Business","Computer vision, deep learning, multimodal sensor fusion","Sensor fusion and multimodal image analytics, Object recognition, scene understanding, activity recognition, Data augmentation for scarce/biased data sets, Short-term cloud coverage prediction and analytics","Keryl.cosenzo@siemens.com\naditi.roy@siemens.com, ti-chiun.chang@siemens.com"]
["Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology","Sindhu Suresh","Large Business"," Smart Grid Analytics, Cyber Physical Security Analytics for Grid"," Experience in the field of grid analytics attack detection and root cause analysis via knowledge graph, Cyber Inverter Grid adaptive  Control using Reinforcement learning, Data Architecture and management, Power system economics","keryl.cosenzo@siemens.com\nSindhu-suresh@siemens.com"]
["SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory","Mayank Malik","FFRDC","Data Management for Energy Systems, Blockchain based applications","My team has worked on Visualization and Analytics for Distributed Energy Resources (VADER), funded by SuNLaMP program and I'm currently PI for Grid Resilience Intelligence Platform (GRIP), a GMLC project.","mmalik@slac.stanford.edu\n2575 Sand Hill Road, Mailstop 12, Menlo Park, CA 94025\n650-926-3883",5]
["Smart Electric Power Alliance","Chris Schroeder","Non-Profit","Grid modernization; distributed generation; solar; Distributed Energy Resources; Clean Energy Technology; utility business models; regulatory policy","Strategic planning; stakeholder engagement; program design; market research and benchmarking; customer engagement; regulatory policy; economic modeling; resource procurement.","Chris Schroeder\ncschroeder@sepapower.org\n202-871-9340","Balance of Systems Soft Costs Reduction, Advanced Solar Systems Integration Technologies"]
["SolAero Technologies","Alex Stavrides","Consulting","SolAero is a leader in R&D and manufacturing of III-V based solar cells for both space and terrestrial applications. SolAero can provide project partners with capabilities for growth, processing, and testing of solar cells, as well as integration of those cells into higher level assemblies. ","Partnering in cost-shared research enables SolAero to diversify its technological palette. The combination of research and manufacturing at the same location makes SolAero an ideal candidate for developing new technology and products and transitioning them into the marketplace.","10420 Research Rd., SE\nAlbuquerque, NM 87111\n505-332-5014"]
["Solstice Initiative, Inc.","Forrest Watkins","501(c)(3)","Financial Underwriting/Inclusion, Customer education/engagement, Platform/Web Development","Solstice offers financial, technical, and policy innovations to make solar more affordable and accessible for every American. The EnergyScore, our proprietary underwriting metric, is both more accurate and inclusive than FICO credit scores for the purposes of community solar; our digital platform offers a seamless customer experience from education to ongoing management and data-driven insights for project developers; our experience educating 85,000 households and generating 90 MW worth of demand for community solar have given us unique insight into the community solar customer.","700 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139\nforrest@solstice.us\n541-600-0406","Topic 3.3 - Increasing Solar Affordability through Innovative Solar Finance"]
["South Florida Regional Planning Council (SFRPC)","Jennifer Barenholtz","Quasi-Goverenment Agency","Solsmart advisor(sub-contractor for SFRPC) in S. Florida reducing solar \"soft costs working with local municipalities (permitting,planning,development regulations, zoning and inspection)","The technical assistance that is provided to cities and counties through SolSmart spans the following areas: permitting; planning, zoning, and development regulations; inspections; solar rights; utility engagement; community engagement; and market development and finance. The advisor (through a regional approach) consults with planners, building services, sustainability managers, inspectors and plan examiners in order to evaluate existing local government policies and processes and apply industry-leading best practices to help these communities achieve designation.  The Solsmart advisor has been working with these communities to incorporate efficiencies like simplified permitting and inspection and solar-friendly ordinances in order to make it easier for homeowners and businesses to go solar.  She has also coordinated trainings for permitting officials, plan examiners and inspectors hosted by the SFRPC.","Jen Barenholtz\njbarenholtz@solsmart.org","3.1,3.3"]
["Spectrafy Inc,","Richard Beal ,CEO","Private Corporation","Spectrafy designs and manufactures a range of sensors and systems that enable accurate, routine measurement of both broadband and spectral solar irradiance, within a single, robust sensor. Our sensors thereby enable routine measurement and spectral correction of solar resource data sets for all existing or forseeable solar panel technologies.","solar irradiance measurement for commercial and experimental PV systems. Solar resource assessment. Spectral effects on PV performance modelling."," 4 Florence St, Suite 204, Ottawa K2P 0W7, Canada\nrichard.beal@spectrafy.com\n+1 (613) 237-2020"]
["Sustainable Power Systems, Inc.","Steve Drouilhet","For profit corporation","Microgrid system integration","Microgrid controls design and manufacturer, IoT technology, Utility communications protocols (DNP3, IEEE2030.5, etc.), integration of diverse DERs (PV, wind, CHP, batteries, etc.)"," steve@sustainablepowersystems.com                            303-442-4910 x101                                                                     3131 75th St. - Suite 250, Boulder, CO  80301","Grid Services from Behind‐the‐Meter (BTM) Solar and other DERs"]
["Syndem LLC","Dr. Qing-Chang Zhong","For-profit","grid-forming smart inverters","Provision of grid-forming inverters with advanced functions such as black start, self-synchronization, seamless transfer between grid-tied and islanded mode, islanding detection, etc. to meet the FOA requirements for field trials","10 West 35th Street\nSyndem Suite 10C6-1\nChicago, IL 60616\nzhongqc@syndem.com",5]
["The Solar Foundation (TSF)","Philip Haddix","Non-Profit 501(c)(3)","Market research, stakeholder engagement and coordination, workforce development and diversity, technical support for local regulations and permitting, economic development analysis, education and outreach  ","TSF is a DC-based national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the use of solar and solar-compatible technologies worldwide. We publish several acclaimed research reports on solar markets, economic impacts, and the workforce each year, including the National Solar Jobs Census, and Solar Industry Diversity Study. We lead the DOE-funded SolSmart program, providing technical assistance to hundreds of communities nationwide, and manage several workforce initiatives. TSF is also spearheading the industry driven Solar Automatated Permiting Process (Solar APP) to streamline permitting, inspections, and interconnection across the country. TSF has a lot of experience working with the SETO office and Golden Field Office","Philip Haddix, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships; phaddix@solarfound.org, 202-866-0929","3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4"]
["University of Houston","Xingpeng Li","University","Power system real-time operations, energy management system, security-constrained economic dispatch, contingency analysis, transmission switching.","Power system modeling, operations and optimization. Primarily focused on real-time operations and reliability including real-time contingency analysis (RTCA), security-constrained economic dispatch (SCED), and transmission switching (network topology control). Main expertise: system side knowledge (from the perspective of the grid operator). ","xli82@uh.edu\n713-743-9881\nECE department, Univ of Houston, Houston, TX.","Topic 5 (mainly 5.2)"]
["University of Illinois at Chicago, Energy Resources Center","Ben Campbell","University, Energy Engineering and Environmental Consulting","Education, distributed generation systems (PV, CHP, and battery storage), microgrids, outreach service programs, water and wastewater treatment facilities, facilitating rights of way working group, pollinator habitats in photovoltaic sites, energy auditing.","Technical assistance, feasibility studies, utility rate sensitivity analysis, potential studies, EM+V, microgrids with several distributed generation technologies, develop packaged catalog of distributed generation technologies, PV modelling and shading analysis, managing stakeholder groups, market outreach, managing trade allies.","bcampb24@uic.edu\n312-996-2781","1.2, 2.1, 2.4, 5.2"]
["University of Nevada, Las Vegas","Shubhra Bansal ","University","Accelerated stress testing for thin-film and perovskite solar cells with in-situ current-voltage, capacitance-voltage, electroluminescence measurements. Combinatorial stress testing including temperature, illumination (white, blue-green, red), voltage bias and humidity as stress factors. ","Accelerated stress testing chambers for light and heat soaking, damp heat, potential induced degradation, electroluminescence, J-V-T, capacitance, DLCP and admittance measurements.","4505 S. Maryland Pkwy                           shubhra.bansal@unlv.edu                                                               404-808-0827"]
["University of Rochester, The Institute of Optics, ","Duncan T. Moore\nGreg R. Schmidt","University","Optical design, engineering, modeling, and testing, optics for concentrating solar power for thermal systems and photovoltaics","Optical software modeling, optics and photovoltaic testing, outdoor and indoor testing, custom indoor solar simulator.  ","moore@optics.rochester.edu (585) 275-5248\ngschmidt@optics.rochester.edu, (585) 275 8012\n","1,2,4"]
["Utah Clean Energy Alliance, Inc. (DBA Utah Clean Energy)","Rebecca Nelson","Non-profit","Solar market transformation; regulatory policy; utility business models","Management of federal, state, and city solar programs and campaigns; stakeholder coordination and facilitation; strategic planning; development and implementation of clean energy financing mechanisms; regulatory policy; local solar permitting and zoning improvements; battery storage; community bulk-purchase programs","Rebecca Nelson                                                                                 rebecca@utahcleanenergy.org                                                                                                                       801-903-2025","3.1, 3.3"]
["VL Offshore","Dr. DJ Kim","Small Business","Engineering analysis and design of floating systems included mooring and power cables.","Floating systems analysis and design engineering. Hydrodynamics. Coupled floating platform and power cable analysis. Coupled mooring analysis. Mooring and installation engineering. Life cycle cost analysis.","VL Offshore\n16360 Park Ten Place, #123\nHouston, Texas, 77084\n\nAttention: Dr. Dajun (DJ) Kim\ndkim@vloffshore.com\n713-766-6765","1.2 SIPS"]
["Washington Clean Energy Testbeds","Mike Pomfret","University","Clean energy device prototyping, OPV, Perovskites, Roll to Roll Production, Nano-ink printing techniques, Cell Characterization, SEM, Battery prototyping (Coin Cell), Batttery cycling, Panel flash testing, Hardware-in-the-loop capabilities","The Waashington Clean Energy Testbeds is a University of Washington affiliated lab focsued on clean energy device scale-up.  Our open access lab features equipment that enables university scale PV and battery innovations to effectively begin their transition to the production environment.","mpomfret@uw.edu     \n(206) 685-6833\n4625 Union Bay Place NE, Seattle, WA 98105\nwcet@uw.edu\n","Photvoltics (1), Concentrating Solar Thermal(2), Innovations in Manufacturing (4), and Grid Integration (5) "]
["Washington Clean Energy Testbeds","Mike Pomfret","University","Clean energy device prototyping, OPV, Perovskites, Roll to Roll Production, Nano-ink printing techniques, Cell Characterization, SEM, Battery prototyping (Coin Cell), Batttery cycling, Panel flash testing, Hardware-in-the-loop capabilities","The Washington Clean Energy Testbeds is a University of Washington affiliated lab focsued on clean energy device scale-up.  Our open access lab features equipment that enables university scale PV and battery innovations to effectively begin their transition to the production environment.","mpomfret@uw.edu     (206) 685-6833\nwcet@uw.edu\n","Photvoltics (1), Concentrating Solar Thermal(2), Innovations in Manufacturing (4), and Grid Integration (5) "]
["WattGlass, Inc","Corey Thompson","Small Business, for profit","Coatings for increased optical performance of PV modules, anti-soiling coatings, optimization of coatings for various absorber layers, design and implementation of full scale manufacturing processes","We specialize in the design and manufacture of functional coatings to optimize performance of unique cell architectures. Lab capabilities include- Micro and Nano scale surface morphology, laboratory soiling tests, field trails, spectroscopy including AOI dependent performance, flash test, solar simulator, reliability testing","Corey@wattglass.com\n\n(479) 263-0966"]
["Wexus Technologies, Inc.","Chris Terrell","C Corp (for-profit)","Cleantech","Energy IoT software and hardware development","540 Howard St, FL 3, San Francisco CA 94105\ninfo@wexusapp.com\n415-429-6038","Topic 3- Balance of Systems Soft Costs Reduction"]
["Jumpstart Energy Inc.","Aoi Senju","Software, Machine Learning","Default prediction, machine learning analytics, energy finance","Machine learning background, building analytic capabilities for solar customers","aoi@jumpstartenergy.co  914.255.4886 ","Solar finance, solar risk analysis, marketing and outreach analytics, top of funnel development"]
["University of San Diego - Energy Policy Initiatives Center","Scott Anders","University","Electric regulation and policy","EPIC is a research center based at the University of San Diego with deep knowledge and experience in electric regulation and policy analysis, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, rates, greenhouse gas analysis, and social equity analysis. Relevant to solar soft costs, EPIC has extensive experience evaluating interconnection, net energy metering, financing, and permitting policies. ","619.260.4589 5998 Alcala Park\nSan Diego, CA 92110 scottanders@sandiego.edu","Topic Area 3.1: Collaborative Partnerships to Address Regulatory Burdens"]
["Sustainable Power Systems, Inc.","Steve Drouilhet"," For profit corporation","Microgrid system integration","Microgrid controls design and manufacturer, IoT technology, Utility communications protocols (DNP3, IEEE2030.5, etc.), integration of diverse DERs (PV, wind, CHP, batteries, etc.)","steve@sustainablepowersystems.com  3131 75th St. - Suite 250, Boulder, CO 80301 303.422.4910 101","Grid Services from Behind‐the‐Meter (BTM) Solar and other DERs"]
["Southern Research","Babak Hamzavy","Non Profit","Indoor and outdoor testing PV module","Electroluminescent Imaging, IR imaging, indoor Large format solar simulator, Outdoor IV curve tracer, Dynamic mechanical load table, Insulation testing-hipot and wet leakage current, walk in environmental chamber with power supplies IEC 61215 testing capabilities, PID testing available, load connected reconfigurable outdoor PV array with data logging capability,","Babak Hamzavy\nbhamzavy@southernresearch.org\n205-581-2261\n757 Tom Martin Drive\nBirmingham, AL 35211","Topic Area 1"]
["RETC Renewable Energy Test Center","Eric lee","Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory","PC and Battery Energy Storage reliability and lifetime testing","Performance and Reliability Characterization of Cells, Modules and Batteries (Li-ion), with outdoor test sites in US, Chile, Philipines and India.","eric@retc-ca.com                                                                        46457 Landing Parkway, Fremont CA 94538                                    510.2261635","1 and 5"]
["X UTILITY","Deb Galimba","WBE Small Business Consultant","Full suite utility grid tie interconnection - Technical interconnection analysis; Interconnection impact studies/cyber security; CA Rule 21; Interconnection agreements; Regulatory analysis and support; Taiffs and rates; Permitting and project management for wind/solar/EVCS/Microgrids-Battery Storage in Retail Distribution (4kV-21kV).  Serving a wide range of markets - Residential ; Commercial; Industrial; Community solar;  Wholesale Transmission/sub transmission (over 21kV-500kV - utility scale).","Former PG&E Electric Generation Interconnection experts who pioneered the safe/compliant and reliable delivery of over 1.6 Gigawatts of renewable energy. We specialize is renewable portfolio development/asset deployment with streamlined workflow and stakeholder engagement for all utility type interconnections: siting assets, local/state/federal permitting, interconnection applications contracts, finance options, rate structure, utility and third party capital cost estimates,  impact studies, T & D grid interconnection upgrades, AHJ/state/WECC/NERC compliance, union/non-union labor, vendor equipment,  M & O. ","Debgalimba@XUTILITY.com 559-908-4148 ","Topic 3.1 3.2.3.3.3.4"]
["Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill","Noah Kittner","University","Energy storage, technological learning rates, solar PV, integrated mini-grid design and demonstration","Technological learning curve development, solar PV cost modeling, systems models","noahkittner@gmail.com",3.3]
["Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy, UC Davis","Sopitsuda Tongsopit","University","distributed PV economics and policy analysis","Solar PV policy design","stongsopit@ucdavis.edu",3.3]
["Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)","Robert Lofaro","National Lab","Grid dynamic modeling and simulation; integration of renewable energy resources; application of probabilistic techniques to improve grid reliability and resilience; grid damage forecasting and vulnerability assessments; microgrid analysis, operation and control; energy storage applications for renewables integration.","Brookhaven National Laboratory provides expert electrical power engineering capabilities for grid modernization and integration of renewable energy resources into the grid.  BNL has capabilities to perform dynamic grid modeling and simulation for studies on the impact and mitigation of challenges for deploying high penetrations of renewable energy resources, both at the transmission level and the distribution level.  BNL is also a leader in applying probabilistic techniques to improve grid planning and operation by more accurately representing the stochastic processes that control the grid.  Application of energy storage solutions to facilitate the integration of renewable generation is another area of study at BNL.  BNL also performs research on cybersecurity of energy delivery systems.","lofaro@bnl.gov\n(631) 344-7191","5.1; 5.2; 5.3"]
["Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center (TBEIC)","William Whittenberger","Non-Profit Lab & Energy Business Incubator","Energy systems, fuel cells, storage, AC and DC testing, IOT, microgrid","Wet lab for making/testing button cells, wide range of DC testing, IOT hardware testing, microgrid with inverter capable of tie to solar, grid simulator.","bill@tbeic.org   330-219-7250","1,4,5"]
["Sunrun Inc","Colin Law\nDirector","Large business","Use of residential storage assets to provide grid services; customer adoption of residential storage; soft cost analysis and reform for solar and storage technologies","Sunrun is the largest residential provider of solar, storage, and energy services in the United States, with over 230,000 customers and over 5000 solar+storage systems. This growth also gives us the experience to act and speak as experts about the impact of permitting and interconnection soft costs on consumers and society (topic 3.1, 3.4). We can also use those assets as well as thousands more we will deploy to demonstrate their aggregation and dispatch for grid services.  Sunrun is looking to expand the range of residential assets used for grid services through electrification and load control with heat pumps for water/heat/cooling and EV charging. Sunrun recently won 20 MW of capacity in the ISO-NE forward capacity market and would like to expand this grid service to other wholesale markets. (topic 5.2)   As penetration of behind-the-meter resources increases, we also see an opportunitity to create feeder- and substation-level microgrids in cooperation with utility substation-sited batteries.(topic 5.1)","Phone: 646.409.0700\nEmail: claw@sunrun.com\n","3.1, 3.4, 5.1, 5.2"]
["University of Virginia ","Mool C. Gupta","Academic","Laser processing","High power lasers, optica/electrica, characterizations","mgupta@virginia.edu      434.924.6167","Topic Area PV, Topics Area 2, CSP"]
["Fire-Beetle Incorporation","Kenneth Annan","C Corp (for profit)","The mechanism for producing substantial photovoltaic effect OPV cells involving the creation of electrically neutral excitons at an interface where they dissociate into electrons in one phase and holes in another that leads to the photogeneration of separate charge carriers in situ. The objectives are to fabricate simple and cost-effective OPV materials, optimize the mechanisms of interfacial excitonic carrier generation in the photovoltaic cells requiring flexible and large operational areas. More importantly, varying factors that delimit attainable photovoltage in charge generation/separation mechanisms that differentiate excitonic solar cells from conventional cells, will be investigated and addressed.\n","This project exemplifies  the successful development of a number of excellent\nnovel semiconducting polymers. These comprise the bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells based on the blend films of polymer combinations that exhibit synergistic properties that impart excellent photovoltaic effect that have produced novel organic materials manifesting PCEs close to 10%. Both external quantum efficiency (EQE) and internal quantum efficiency (IQE) obtained from this type of solar cells are notably very high, which implies that they give off very high efficiency solar energy. Observations confirm that these semiconducting\npolymers offer a promising class of materials for developing high-performance polymer solar cells from changes in the morphology of the polymer blend film.","admin@fire-beetle.com","Topic 1"]
["ideas42","Erin Sherman","Nonprofit research and design lab","Behavioral insights and design; uptake and adoption of technology and behavior change","ideas42 is a behavioral design lab and consultancy. We apply a deep understanding of human behavior to help design and test solutions that overcome common psychological barriers. We work closely with partners to identify key behavioral bottlenecks and develop cost-effective strategies to address them. Within the solar and clean energy sector, evidence suggests behavioral science has an important role to play, from addressing present bias to leveraging social norms and networks. ","erin@ideas42.org","Balance of Systems Soft Costs Reduction; potentially others depending on partner"]
["Tandem PV","Chris Eberspacher","US Small Business","thin-film PV, perovskites, perovskite-based tandem PV; small-area device fabrication & testing, process & materials scaling, prototype product design & cost analyses","design, fabrication and testing of perovskite cells and multi-cell submodule plates using low-cost scalable materials and processes; design, fabrication and testing of perovskite+silicon and perovskite+CIGS tandem PV cells and modules","ceberspacher@tandempv.com                                                4072 Scripps Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306","1.1 & 4"]
["Synapse Energy Economics, Inc.","Kenji Takahashi","small business","eneryg system modeling, solar and DER grid integraiton, cost-benefit analysis, regulatory issues, rate design, interconnection rules, energy equity topics, ratepayer-funded program evaluation and best practices","Evaluating the costs and benefits, potential, and regulatory treatment of distributed generation including wholesale market rules and interconnection rules. Evaluating grid optimizaiton of DER technologies within a wholesale market in energy system models","ktakahashi@synapse-energy.com   ","Area 3: Balance of systems soft costs reduction: Area 5: Advanced solar systems integration technologies"]
["Good Sun","Eric Stikes","Nonprofit 501(C)(3)","Solar PV: Design-build projects for LMI clients. Used solar market creation. Vocational training. Curriculum deployment in primary, secondary, and college-level classrooms.","PV waste reduction through re-use/re-deployment of donated used PV equipment (primarily solar modules). LMI market access increase through re-sales of significantly-discounted used PV modules. Secondary PV market creation (and asset recovery value verification) through resale of used modules. Affordable EPC services to LMI clients & communities using nonprofit model (donations & volunteers).","eric@goodsun.life (929)374-2009","1.1 (End of life management) AND  3.3 (soft-costs reduction & new markets)"]
["NTRE TECH LLC","Bartev Sakadjian","Small Business ","Chemical Engineering. Process Engineering and Design, Systems Analysis, Heat Exchanger Design - Receiver / energy conversions. Process Simulations and Modeling, Innovative concepts.  Experience in designing fluidized beds, molten salt based heat exchangers and solid particle based heat transfer solids.  Evaluation of power cycles including steam and  supercritical CO2. 15 years experience with major boiler and environmental supply company.  Insight into requirements related to materials and manufacturing, construction and commissioning and operation. Design of large pilot systems.","Process Engineering, Simulations, Design expertise, consulting services, ability to engage universities for potential testing and development work or laboratory work","614-893-3506; ntretech@gmail.com","2, 4"]
["Texas State University (formerly Texas State University San Marcos)","Mark Wistey","University","multijunction and high efficiency PV","Epitaxial growth, fabrication, characterization, and modeling of high efficiency PV devices, including both multijunction and upconverting core-shell nanostructure based PV. Growth facilities include molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) of III-V and Group IV (Si/Ge/C/Sn) on silicon for lasers and solar cells. ","mwistey@txstate.edu ","TOPIC AREA 1: Photovoltaics Research and Development"]
["Argonne National Laboratory","Heidi Hartmann","Government","Reducing soft costs and other market barriers to utility scale solar deployment; Environmental assessment and compliance issues; Strategic planning and design; Data analysis, data science, and machine learning.","Argonne has expertise in addressing environmental barriers to solar energy deployment, including avian-related issues such as those described in section 3.2 of the FOA.  Argonne also has expertise in facilitation, design, data collection & analysis, and instrumentation for projects addressing solar-environmental interactions and solar soft costs. ","hmhartmann@anl.gov;  630-252-6487","3.1, 3.2"]
["Solar Energy International","Kathryn Swartz",null,"Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Solar Water Pumping, Micro-grids, Energy Storage, and Microhydro. ","Provision of technical training and education, NABCEP certification and continuing education, contract trainings, and curriculum licensing.  ","kswartz@solarenergy.org (970)527-7657."]
["Reliable Energy Analytics LLC","Richard Brooks","Small Business","Specializing in the design and development of data analytic platforms, data models, data structures and data excahnge standards used to monitor resource performance and operating characteristics. Emphasis on the development of secure data exchange standards  to track and report resource performance data directly from Renewable Resource data source to REC Tracking systems.","REA proficiently provides the following services: \n1)A standards based approach to Data Model design and secure data transport. \n2) Development of industry standards within NAESB to advance data exchange standards from concept to regulator filings. \n3) Adherence with industry Cybersecurity standards and best practices, i.e. NISTR 7628 and relevant regulations, i.e. FERC Order 850\n4) Data quality testing services and use case based test results and reporting\n5) Expert level knowledge of Wholesale Electricity Market Functions and Data","23 Linda Dr., Westfield, MA 01085 dick@reliableenergyanalytics.com 978-696-1788","Area 3: Balance of systems soft costs reduction: Area 5: Advanced solar systems integration technologies"]
["Suncycle USA","Eric Daniels","Solar field diagnostics","Our field audits are approaching 2 GW of capacity. Factory audits have assessed module BOM and physical quality at each step of assembly. Field audits have included system performance diagnostics, trouble shooting, repowering, thermal event analysis, storm damage assessments  (hail, hurricane, flooding), transport and handling induced damage assessments of modules, structures and electrical systems. Though specific data is covered by NDA, our team has strong knowledge of factory and field issues affecting system performance for thin films, mono and multicrystal products. We have performend numerous Highly Accelerated Lifetime Tests on new and fielded products.","Factory processes, QA and QC, IV measurements, EL analysis, UV analysis, IR (flyover and ground based), electrical leakage, mechanical loading (dynamic and static) and other diagnostic capabilities.","info@suncycleusa.com 240-629-8302","All"]
["Tulane University","Matthew Escarra","University","hybrid solar PV/T energy conversion; III-V solar cells and modules; spectrum splitting; micro/nanofabrication; 2D materials; nanophotonics; techno-economic analysis","multi-zone solar simulator; spatial mapping of material and device optical and electronic properties; micro/nanofabrication; 2D materials synthesis; nanophotonic design; solar cell design; partnership for low and high concentration on-sun field testing","escarra@tulane.edu 504-862-8673","Topic Area 1"]
["Gridworks","Alex Smith","non-profit","Gridworks’ mission is to convene, educate and empower stakeholders working to decarbonize electricity grids. In 2018, Gridworks convened 60 discreet events with over 2,600 total participants leading to 5 major white papers and reports.","Identifying high-value challenges to decarbonizing electricity grids; convening stakeholders and providing them neutral ground, technical support and facilitation to identify break-through solutions to identified challenges; publishing and helping implement identified solutions; and adapting successful solutions to new markets. \nGridworks also became involved in initiatives across the country, including U.S Pathways to an Open Grid: O’ahu and the Pacific States Sharing Power initiative. Some of our highlights include: \n- Facilitating six distinct stakeholder initiatives: CPUC Load Shift and Rule 21 working groups, Building Decarbonization Roadmap, Pathways to an Open Grid: O’ahu, Sustaining Solar Beyond Net Metering, and California Community Aggregation and Decarbonizing California \n- Publishing five impactful papers and reports.","asmith@gridworks.org","Topic area 1: Photovoltaics Research and Development\nTopic area 3: Balance of Systems Soft Costs Reduction\nTopic area 5: Advanced Solar Systems Integration Technologies\n"]
["Power Factors","Anthony Crockford","Small Business","Solar Advanced Analytics: In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative, Power Factors has developed Advanced Analytics that work with Drive Data and Event to identify root causes of operational and event-based causes of lost energy.","Power Factors consolidates multiple operational data sources, asset hierarchies and metadata frameworks to create a single asset management software and analytics platform that works with today’s large-scale portfolios.","Anthony Crockford\nTechnical Director, Advanced Analytics\n514-291-7151\nacrockford@pfdrive.com","1.1: Photovoltaic Research Collaborations"]
["NEXTracker","Luke Wyant"," Module Mount and Plant Controls","Solar Module Tracker Mounting System, Networking, Plant Software Controls, and Data Science","NEXTracker is Global leader in Utility and C&I Tracker Systems, utilizing networked optimized software controls to maximize energy production for Photovoltaic Solar Power Plants","Luke Wyant Business Development\n650.660.6625 Lwyant@NEXTRacker.com\nVenkata Abbaraju Technical and Product Director \n480.286.1435 VAbbaraju@NEXTracker.com","Tracker System and Software Controls"]
["LA Better Buildings Challenge, managed by Sustento Group LLC ","David Hodgins","Utility Program / Outreach, Education, Project Development ","Marketing, Outreach, Education, Project Origination, Scoping & Development ","Market engagement, partnership building, targeted / strategic outreach, benchmarking, portfolio analysis, project development  ","david@la-bbc.com 970.319.6611","SETO collaborative partnerships "]
["City of Chicago is a Better Buildings Challenge and Better Communities Alliance Partner","Mandy La Brier ",null,null,null,"Amanda.LaBrier@cityofchicago.org","SETO collaborative partnerships "]
["Renewable Energy Coalition","Ron Leonard",null,"renewable energy, these include areas like how to implement projects, fund projects, siting & engineering, our expertise is also in how to deal with a myriad of issues","Our capabilities are myriad due to the average individual team member having over 20 years of industry experiance.","Info@RenewableEnergyCoalition.org"]
["Southern California Edison","Matthew Kedis / Manuel Avendano","Utility","Grid Modernization & Resiliency is responsible for investigating methods to provide safe, reliable and affordable energy. We work in areas such as Grid Modernization, distribution automation, cybersecurity, energy storage, and integration of electric vehicles.","SCE has a variety of labs available including electric drive systems, dynamometer, advanced energy storage, customer integration platform, energy storage system test pad, vehicle test charge lines, large energy storage test apparatus (LESTA), substation lab, grid simulation lab, equipment demonstration and evaluation facility (EDEF), garage of the future, distribution automation, substation automation, grid edge solutions, distributed energy resources, controls, distribution grid analytics (DGAL), power systems, situational awareness, communications & computing, and the learning center lab.","Matthew.Kedis@sce.com; Manuel.Avendano@sce.com","All"]
["Cyclone Power Technologies Inc.","Frankie Fruge, President/Director","For-profit"," The Cyclone Rankine cycle heat regenerative engine from ¼ horsepower to 3000 horsepower. This radial configuration 6-cylinder engine (7 moving parts-water lubricated) and all the peripherals that are necessary to use any heat source or fuel to convert to mechanical energy. Our R&D have tested and run for over 10 years the engine, the heat exchanger, the combustion chamber for liquid, vapor fuels, and mono-propellants, the furnace system to burn solids (bio-mass & wood with no particulate in exhaust), the control system, the condenser, solar trough, and an environmentally friendly thermal battery with a temperature range of (ambient to 1400⁰F / 760⁰C). Our products have been tested by Raytheon, DARPA, and MIT Doctor of Mechanical and Thermodynamic engineers. We meet CARB and EPA emission standards without catalytic converters.","Our R&D center can build and test prototypes. Some services are outsourced but engineering, assembly, Solid works, machining of some parts, purchasing, bill of materials, and accounting are all done in house.","Frankie@Cyclonepower.com\n601 NE 26th Court, Pompano Beach, FL 33064\n954-942-8721  ext. 104","Engines meeting tier 7, Solar, Trash & Biomass to energy, Thermal Storage Battery, APU, Underwater propulsion, Moon power plant, CHP"]