About Solar Electric Projects
LightWorks’ solar electric projects and people aim to establish a world-renowned, highly interdisciplinary research and educational environment to achieve an energy-secure, environmentally sound 21st century.
Close synergy amongst academia, industry, utilities, government and policy makers will accelerate the creation and adoption of the systems necessary to realize terawatt generation of solar electricity and the workforce necessary to sustain this effort.
In order to accomplish these objectives, LightWorks’ Solar Electric projects focus on photovoltaics, societal and economic impact, microgrids, distributed and utility scale generation and concentrating solar power.

Solar Electric Projects
The following projects received or continue to receive the support of LightWorks.
Distributed and Utility Scale Generation
- ASU Campus Solarization Projects
- Solar Power Lab
- Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies
- Power Systems Engineering Research Center
- Arizona Rooftop Solar Challenge
Microgrids
Photovoltaics
- Multi-Purpose Solar’s Value Proposition by Gary Yaquinto and Martin Pasqualetti
- Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies
- FOCUS grant from DOE/ARPA-e
- FPACE II grant from DOE
Societal and Economic Impact
Area leaders
Deputy Director, LightWorks®, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Stephen.Goodnick@asu.edu
480-965-9572
Professor and Motorola Chair in Analog and RF Integrated Circuits, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
sayfe@asu.edu
480-727-7761