DOE and Israel Announce $3.1 Million in Cooperative Clean Energy Projects

The selected projects will leverage private sector cost-share for a total project value of $8.46 million:

• Cima NanoTech, Caesarea, Israel and Integrated Photovoltaics, Inc. (IPV), San Jose, California have been selected for an award of up to $800,000. The two companies will test and demonstrate a process for producing low-cost crystalline silicon solar wafers and solar cells that combines IPV's low-cost high-efficiency wafer technology with Cima Nano's electrode coating process. This project includes $1.40 million in private sector cost-share.
• Ener-T International Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel and Halotechnics, Inc., Emeryville, California have been selected for an award of up to $800,000. The companies will develop a high-efficiency concentrating solar thermal plant design using high-temperature molten salts as a heat transfer fluid and for energy storage. This project includes $1.45 million in private sector cost-share.
• Greenlet Technologies, Tel Aviv, Israel and Viridity Energy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have been selected for an award of up to $700,000. Greenlet and Viridity will jointly develop a WiFi-based load management system for residential and commercial buildings that can monitor and control individual appliances without the need for professional installation. The project includes $1.3 million in private sector cost-share.
• Pentalum Technologies, Rechovot, Israel and 3Tier, Seattle, WA, have been selected for an award of up to $800,000. The companies will develop and test a LIDAR-based system, which gathers data using lasers, to facilitate wind speed and power output forecasting in wind farms. This project includes $1.2 million in private sector cost-share.