April 30, 2008—The newest research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory aims to find ways to directly convert the sun’s energy to low-cost electricity and fuels.
The Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP) will be dedicated to basic and applied research at the Collaboratory’s four member institutions, the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Colorado State University (CSU) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder).
Twelve companies also have joined CRSP as founding members: Applied Materials, Ascent Solar Technologies, DuPont, Evident Technologies, Konarka, Lockheed Martin, Motech Industries, QuantumSphere, Sharp, Solasta, Sub-One Technology and SunEdison.
Initial shared research projects will be selected by CRSP members and funded through membership fees and the Colorado Renewable Energy Authority. Decisions about which projects to fund are expected in the summer, with research beginning in the fall.
This is the second center created by the Collaboratory, after the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels. The Collaboratory expects to announce additional centers in wind energy, carbon management and energy efficiency.
For more information, see the NREL Web site.
