SDTC project funded

Professors Trevor Hall and Karin Hinzer, in partnership with Cyrium Technologies and the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC), have been awarded a multi-million dollar grant from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), officially announced on 28 July 2008. The objectives of this project are to boost the effectiveness of multijunction solar cells and produce electricity at a lower cost than with traditional silicon panels. The project includes the deployment of two demonstration concentrator systems using these state-of-the-art solar cells at the downtown University of Ottawa campus.