Solar semiconductor company Semprius selected for $500,000 subcontract from US Department of Energy

23 June 2009

Semprius, Inc., a semiconductor technology company developing transfer printing technology for advanced semiconductor devices, has been selected to negotiate a $500,000 subcontract award by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

The total anticipated subcontracts under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is $6m, the company said.

NREL, which is operated for the Department of Energy by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, is the DOE’s primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. The programme was created to fund companies that can bring commercially viable products to market by 2012.

The $500,000 award will allow Semprius to optimise the optical components within its solar modules, resulting in increased performance and lower manufacturing costs, the company said. It is one of 13 announced by DOE.

‘We are very pleased to have been selected for this award, which will allow us to better match the optics and the micro-cells within our modules,’ said Joe Carr, president and CEO of Semprius. ‘This work is an important stepping stone to improved module efficiency and lower energy costs for our customers, and this grant is an exciting confirmation of the broad and growing market our products address.’

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