Semprius selected for $3m solar contract by NREL

21 January 2010

US solar module developer Semprius has been selected by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to negotiate a $3m subcontract funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to commercialise its solar energy technology.

Semprius is one of only four awardees for NREL’s PV Technology Incubator Program, which aims to accelerate commercialisation of solar photovoltaic systems.

Based near Research Triangle Park, the North Carolina company is commercialising novel solar module arrays based on its patented micro-transfer printing technology.

‘Semprius will use the subcontract to develop and then demonstrate our solar technology at the pilot plant scale. This is a critical next step on our path to full-scale manufacturing,’ said Joe Carr, Semprius president and CEO.

Semprius is commercialising solar module arrays based on patented micro-transfer printing, a process for depositing semiconductors onto any substrate, including glass, plastic and other materials. In addition to Solar Arrays, Semprius is licensing the technology for use in other applications such as LCD and OLED displays, MEMS and advanced disk drives.

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