DOE awards $14 million to LED manufacturers to fund research

Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded nearly $15 million to lighting manufacturers to support eight new research and development projects that will accelerate the development and deployment of high-efficiency solid-state lighting technologies like LEDs and OLEDs. The projects are focused on advancing core R&D goals, developing new products and expanding domestic manufacturing capacity to help the U.S. remain competitive in this growing technology market. Research facilities for Cree Inc., Goleta, Calif. ($1.61 billion), and Lumileds Lighting Co., San Jose, Calif. were among the award winners.