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News Release from: Plextronics
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 22 June 2007
Research to cut cost of organic solar
cells
US Government funds project to commercialise thin film organic photovoltaic technology to enable low-cost solar modules.
Plextronics has been awarded funding by the US Department of Energy's Solar America Initiative (SAI) The award comes from the SAI's Photovoltaic Technology Incubator, a programme created to make solar photovoltaic technologies competitive with existing technologies by 2015
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 10 Aug 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Plextronics' project will focus on commercialising thin film organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology to enable low-cost solar modules.
Subject to negotiating an acceptable statement of work with the Department of Energy (DOE), Plextronics expects to receive up to US $3 million over the course of the 18-month project.
According to Andrew Hannah, President and CEO of Plextronics, this award is an exciting opportunity for the company.
"Commercialising OPV technology is a big step toward making sustainable, green energy synonymous with easily available, more affordable energy", says Hannah.
Troy Hammond, Vice President of Products for Plextronics, agrees.
"We are delighted to expand our collaboration with the Department of Energy to develop low-cost solar technology".
"Organic solar cells can be the lowest cost per square metre, opening up new product markets, including flexible products, to meet the increasing demand for electricity".
"We plan to realise this vision with the support of the Solar America Initiative", says Hammond.
The DOE's announcement on the Solar Energy Research awards also identified the 13 Solar America Cities for 2007, one of which was Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
"We're particularly proud to be developing this technology in Pittsburgh, and are grateful for the support we have received from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA)", adds Hannah.
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