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                  material optimization                        solar PV indicators, 56, 57
                    Ln -based upconverters, 289                US energy demand, 53
                      3+
                    organic upconverters, 289                  US total energy consumption, 54
                  materials, 281                               utility-scale, 57, 58, 60
                  organic solar cells, 287                   wind and solar tax credits, 69
                  perovskite solar cells, 288                workforce development, spotlight on, 72
                  theoretical quantum efficiency, 282      US Geological Survey, 494
                  upconversion quantum yield, 280, 281     US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                 Urbach energy, 235                              Administration (NOAA), 53
                 USA, solar power in                       US power grid, 355, 356, 358
                  economic carrying capacity, 68           Utility-scale solar energy (USSE), 391, 401
                  federal financing, 70                      construction phase of, 395
                  federal investment tax credit (ITC) vs.    CSP, 392–395, 401
                      natural gas prices, 69                 impacts of, 396, 397
                  Internet of Things (IoT) network           solar energy effectors, 392
                      connectivity, 77
                  Regional Energy Deployment System model   V
                      (ReEDS), 67                          Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB), 95
                  renewable energy penetration (2050), 68
                  State Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS),   W
                      65                                   Wafering, 435
                  state spotlight, 67                      Wildlife, 396, 398, 399, 401
                  state variability, 65                    World Trade Organization (WTO), 64
                  system upgrades, 75
                  technological and financial innovations, 73  X
                  Trump Administration, 64                 X-ray diffraction (XRD), 245
                  US market indicators
                    concentrating solar power (CSP)        Y
                      indicators, 55                       Yanchi PV Power Plant in Qinghai, 19
                    economic growth, decoupling of, 53
                    federal policy, 62                     Z
                    soft cost, reduction of, 61            Zinc (Zn), 456
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