Energetics was tasked by Sandia National Laboratory to coordinate development and production of a Vision and Roadmap for the photovoltaics industry. Energetics coordinated both national vision and roadmap workshops and then prepared a report for publication by Sandia. The report documented the results of the roadmap workshop on technology barriers, research needs, and priorities of the photovoltaics industry. The workshop, which was held June 23-25, 1999, in Chicago, Illinois, brought together 42 technology and market experts from the photovoltaics industry, universities, and government research programs. It was jointly sponsored by the National Council on Photovoltaics and the Department of Energy's Sandia and National Renewable Energy Laboratories as a critical part of the photovoltaics industry's effort to develop its technology roadmap for the future.

The Photovoltaics Industry Roadmap was an industry-wide effort to create a blueprint of research, technology, and market milestones that were needed to accomplish long-term photovoltaics industry goals.