Sunlight is an inexhaustible resource. Harnessing its power could drive a circular economy to generate energy, reduce carbon emissions, reduce materials waste, and eventually to generate the negative carbon emissions needed to bring our warming planet back into balance. Through this initiative, research focuses on addressing the challenge of generating all of our society's resource needs from sunlight, including electricity, fuels, chemicals, materials and fertilizers. It addresses the challenges in the coming transformation of everything we make and do, as well as the creation a robust solar-powered energy infrastructure for a secure future.