Sponsorships & Partnerships

If the solar industry is to realize grid parity, then collaboration is essential. Dow Corning wants to help create the industry roadmap by providing new and effective material solutions.

International Industry Associations
Dow Corning participates in international industry associations that bring together businesses, universities, government agencies and others to address the full spectrum of challenges and opportunities for the solar industry.

Dow Corning participates in:

• American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
• Analytical Test Methods Task Force of SEMI’s North American Photovoltaic Standards Committee
• China Greentech Initiative
• European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA)
• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
• North America Solar Alliance
• Silicon Solar Consortium (SiSoC)
• Solar America Initiative (SAI)
• Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)

Research Partnerships
Effective leadership means working with leading researchers in the field. Dow Corning has developed collaborative partnerships with a number of universities and research centers around the world.
Dow Corning Solar Solutions also works closely with the Dow Corning Business & Technology Incubator (B&TI) on future solutions and megatrends in solar technology. The B&TI is focusing on solutions that help customers increase their efficiency and reduce costs, as well as offering customers new form factors.

Fostering Future Solar Innovators
We focus on today’s university students to create tomorrow’s solar innovators. Dow Corning helped sponsor solar car teams from the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in Turkey and the University of Michigan in the United States. Both cars distinguished themselves in races under harsh conditions – one in Turkey and one in the Australian Outback.