The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has awarded $6 million to eleven universities and five companies for research into non-conventional, photovoltaic technologies for creating electricity from sunlight. The goal of the research is to produce more efficient, less expensive solar electricity for consumers.
Organizations receiving the awards are:
- United Solar Systems Corp, $500,000
- University of Arizona, $499,000
- United Innovations, Inc., $498,000
- Unisun, Newbury Park, $498,000
- DuPont Central Research and Development, $495,000
- Ohio State University, $476,000
- Johns Hopkins University, $463,000
- California Institute of Technology, $450,000
- Princeton University, $391,000
- Iowa State University, $375,000
- University of Illinois, $355,000
- California Institute of Technology, $346,000
- University of California, Santa Cruz, $323,000
- University of Michigan, $316,000
- ITN Energy Systems, Inc., $170,000
- Iowa State University, $160,000
For more information, contact NREL.
