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material optimization solar PV indicators, 56, 57
Ln -based upconverters, 289 US energy demand, 53
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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

