Development of a Strategic Market Intervention Approach for Grid-Connected Solar Energy Technologies (EMPower)

The goal of the Development of a Strategic Market Intervention Approach for Grid-Connected Solar Energy Technologies (EMPower) project is to bring about dramatic reductions in the cost of electricity generated from Solar Electric Technologies (SETs), specifically photovoltatics (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP), by aggregating sufficient demand. EMPower will identify and enable development of the required institutional and organizational capability necessary to identify grid connected SET projects with commercial potential, aggregate market demand, develop appropriate financing and risk sharing mechanisms and investigate innovative procurement techniques to offer the aggregated demand to the market, in a manner which allows the supply community to respond with technology priced to enable commercial transactions.