PV America - Part 2 - Solar Electric Power Assoc President/CEO Julia Hamm
From the outset, SEPA recognized that many utilities and their customers lacked exposure or were skeptical about the potential of PV. In response, in 1994, with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, SEPA initiated the Technology Experience to Accelerate Markets in Utility Photovoltaics, or TEAM-UP, program. DOE funding for the program totaled almost $15 million, and was matched by industry cost-share of over $60 million. 35 venture teams were part of the program and installed more than 1,100 PV systems, totaling 7.2 megawatts. I’m sure many of you will be surprised to hear that SEPA, through this one program, approximately doubled the installed PV in the U.S. at the time.
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