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Go SOLAR Florida is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-funded program, as part of the SunShot Initiative Rooftop Solar Challenge II competitive award, to increase the use of and access to grid-tied solar energy installations among the state’s residents and businesses by reducing market barriers, lowering non-hardware related installation costs and providing access to financing options.
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The Solar Training Network is a program of The Solar Foundation that is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative. This program is designed to help meet the workforce needs of the solar industry through solar training and strategic employment partnerships.
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The SunShot Initiative’s Solar Ready Vets® program connects our nation’s skilled veterans to the solar energy industry, preparing them for careers as solar photovoltaic (PV) system installers, sales representatives, system inspectors, and other solar-related occupations. Solar Ready Vets is enabled by the U.S. Department of Defense’s SkillBridge initiative, which allows exiting military personnel to pursue civilian job training, employment skills training, apprenticeships, and internships up to six months prior to their separation.
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The U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) is an industry-led consortium that helps the solar industry solve problems, seize opportunities, and accelerate development to reduce time to market. PVMC provides solutions to solar energy’s most pressing challenges through a simple formula: collaboration, innovation and excellence. They help industry invent solutions to accelerate solar innovation.
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The SunSmart E-Shelter Schools program has installed more than 100 photovoltaic systems in more than 46 Florida school districts, adding more than one MW of combined photovoltaic generating capacity to Florida. In addition, the program’s education and outreach efforts have provided more than 350 teachers with professional development in the science and use of photovoltaics. A companion, inquiry-based curriculum rich in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) content encourages best-teaching practices through project-based learning that enables students to solve problems using critical thinking and data analysis.
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Drive Electric Florida is an organization made up of stakeholders working to advance the energy, economic, and environmental security of the state of Florida by promoting the growth of electric vehicle ownership and accompanying infrastructure. They support and accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles in Florida by engaging and educating the public, businesses, and policy-makers; facilitating collaboration; and supporting EV-friendly policy and programs. DEF industry representatives include automakers, infrastructure providers, environmentalists, local government, universities, Clean Cities coalitions, and leadership of PEV enthusiast groups. The University of Central Florida is one its founding members.
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The PV Regional Test Centers help to validate photovoltaic (PV) technologies in a range of different climates. One of five PV test sites in the U.S., the Florida Regional Test Center (FL RTC) is operated by UCF’s FSEC, under the technical oversight of Sandia National Laboratories. Located on the campus of UCF, the FL RTC provides the physical and technical infrastructure needed to conduct validation testing for large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems in a hot, humid climate that will help banks, insurance companies, and other stakeholders establish the confidence that new PV technologies perform reliably in the field. The site can accommodate approximately 250kW of PV, with systems ranging in size from 10 to more than 100kW. If this capacity is exceeded in the future, UCF has set aside another site, which can host ≤2 MW of power production.
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The FEEDER (Foundations for Engineering Education for Distributed Energy Resources) center is a consortium of eight universities, two national laboratories, eight utilities and 11 industrial companies—led by the University of Central Florida—to significantly advance power systems engineering capability in the United States.