$8.1M for VHE Solar Cell Research

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., on behalf of the DuPont-University of Delaware Very High Efficiency Solar Cell Consortium in Wilmington, DE received an $8.1 million increment of a $12.2 million “other transaction.” That transaction was a prototypes agreement to design and develop very high efficiency solar cells. Work will be performed in Wilmington, DE and is expected to be complete July 2008. DARPA issued a solicitation in Federal Business Opportunities on January 1, 2005, and over 100 proposals were received by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Va. (HR0011-07-9-0005).