The Energy Department announced Thursday it will award another $200 million to accelerate the development of solar and water technologies.
The department said the money will support not just research but the commercialization of technologies. It will be spent over five years.
The largest slice of the money will go to support next generation solar research, both at universities and by industry. Another $40 million will be aimed companies and technologies that supply the solar industry, and which develop new materials, components or techniques for reducing waste.
An additional $39 million will target water-energy technologies that derive power from waves, tides, ocean temperatures or river currents.
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