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DOE funds $37M in SSL projects
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is funding more than $37 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support 17 high-efficiency solid-state lighting projects. Award winners include Cree, Philips Lumileds, Universal Display and Veeco Instruments.
Solid-state lighting, which uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) instead of incandescent bulbs, has the potential to be ten times more energy-efficient than traditional incandescent lighting, says the DOE. Because lighting accounts for approximately 24 percent of the total electricity generated in the United States today, the widespread deployment of SSL could reduce electricity use for lighting by one-third nationally by 2030, according to the federal agency.
The 17 projects include funding for solid-state lighting core research, product development, and domestic manufacturing. These awards will be leveraged with nearly $28.5 million in private industry cost share for a total project value of more than $66 million.
Projects have been selected in the following three areas:
- Core technology research ($4 million): Three projects will focus on advancing the technical knowledge base of solid-state lighting for general lighting purposes, targeting improved efficiency and performance with reduced costs. Award winners are Cambrios (Sunnyvale, Calif.), University of Rochester (Rochester, N.Y.) and WhiteOptics, LLC (Newark, Del.)
- Product development ($10.3 million): Six projects will support the development and improvement of commercially viable solid-state lighting source, component, or integrated lighting products. Award winners are Cree Inc. (Durham, N.C.), General Electric (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Lightscape Materials Inc. (Princeton, N.J.), Osram Sylvania Products, Inc. (Beverly, Mass.), Philips Lumileds Lighting Company LLC (San Jose, Calif.) and PPG Industries (Cheswick, Pa.)
- SSL manufacturing ($23.5 million): Eight projects will focus on achieving significant cost reductions and enhanced quality by improving manufacturing equipment, processes, or monitoring techniques. Award winners are Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.), GE Global Research (Niskayuna, N.Y.), GE Lumination (Valley View, Ohio), KLA Tencor Corporation (Milpitas, Calif.), Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, LLC (San Jose, Calif.), Ultratech, Inc. (San Jose, Calif.), Universal Display Corporation (Ewing, N.J.), and Veeco Instruments (Somerset, N.J.)
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This is the sixth round of DOE funding for solid-state lighting core technology research and product development, and the first time that DOE has funded solid-state lighting manufacturing projects. This expanded focus is part of a new DOE initiative to accelerate the adoption of SSL technology through manufacturing improvements.
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