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Companies Recieve Money From U.S. Department Of Energy

Written by Kateri Wozny

Story Created: Jun 15, 2011 at 1:36 PM PDT

Story Updated: Jun 15, 2011 at 1:38 PM PDT

Goleta - Two Goleta-based companies will receive more than $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Congresswoman Lois Capps announced today that the grants will provide research and accelerate the development and deployment of high-efficiency solid-state lighting technologies, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

Capps says that the grants will leverage an additional $4 million in private sector funding. Solid-state lighting has the potential to be 10 times more energy efficient than conventional incandescent lighting and can last up to 25 times as long.

The grants to Cree, Inc. and Soraa, Inc. will help speed up the commercialization of cost-effective, high powered lighting technologies, giving consumers across the country access to more efficient ways to light their homes and businesses and reduce their energy costs.

Soraa Inc. was awarded $678,257 to develop high efficiency LEDs that can be operated at high current for greater light output. These improved LEDs would then enable the development of cost-effective LED packages with an estimated efficacy of 150 lumens per watt.

Cree, Inc. was awarded $1.6 million to investigate design trade-offs in Cree's high brightness LED package design and fabrication. The research funded by this grant will enable high-output, warm-white LED packages with an efficacy of 128 lumens per watt.

Earlier this week, President Obama visited Cree Headquarters in Durham, N.C.
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