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SunShot Initiative Contacts

Photo of a man walking behind a solar array.

The Solar Technology Acceleration Center (Solar TAC) in Golden, Colo., is a testing facility open to research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Photo by Dennis Shroeder, NREL

Contact information for the DOE SunShot Initiative is provided below.

Contact Information

U.S. Department of Energy – SunShot Initiative
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC, 20585
Phone: 202-287-1862
E-mail: Solar Program

Program Contacts

Acting Solar Energy Technologies Program Manager
Minh Le

Deputy SunShot Program Manager
Rachel Tronstein

Operations and Budget Lead
Craig Connelly

Acting Photovoltaics Team Lead
Lidija Sekaric

  • University and exploratory research
  • Electronic materials and devices
  • Measurements and characterization
  • PDIL infrastructure and engineering
  • PV systems development
  • PV module development.

Concentrating Solar Power Team Lead
Ranga Pitchumani

  • Parabolic trough systems
  • Power tower systems
  • Dish/engine systems
  • Thermal storage
  • Solar water heating activities moved to the Building Technologies Program.

Systems Integration Team Lead
Kevin Lynn

  • Solar grid integration, planning, and operations–transmission, distribution, smart grid, power markets and systems
  • Power electronics–research and development, design and functionality, EMS, network interoperability and communications
  • Balance of systems hardware–racking, mounting, wiring, conduits, and other hardware components
  • Technology validation–testing and evaluation, reliability, quality assurance, and lifetime performance
  • Solar resource integration–power and resource forecasting, mapping, measurement and instrumentation
  • Solar system design optimization, building integrated PV (BIPV), electric vehicles integration and storage systems.

Acting Market Transformation Team Lead
Rachel Tronstein

  • Reducing non-hardware costs of solar energy systems including customer acquisition, financing, permitting, inspection, interconnection, and installation
  • Increasing solar deployment within the federal government
  • Rooftop Solar Challenge and technical assistance for communities to standardize and streamline permitting
  • Market data and surveys
  • Education and training for installers and code officials.

Partners

The SunShot Initiative collaborates with many organizations to achieve its goals.