The winners, the award amount and the planned activity are listed below.
AAF-McQuay, Inc.
$570,000
AAF will re-equip its manufacturing facility to establish a versatile mini-pleating and assembly process that is a capable of making polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and other synthetic media air filters for the ASHRAE (American Association of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers) and HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) markets. The end result will be a new product family of air filtration products to achieve lowest air pressure drop.
AAF-McQuay, Inc.
$1,374,300
AAF will re-equip a manufacturing facility for the production of rooftop air-conditioning systems used on Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems.
AAF-McQuay, Inc.
$ 774,937
AAF plans to re-equip a manufacturing facility to produce Next-Generation Centrifugal Chiller Rooftop Air Conditioning systems. The chillers are significantly more energy-efficient than those currently on the market.
Abound Solar, Inc.
$ 12,600,000
Abound Solar will expand facility capacity with an additional manufacturing line. This facility is solely dedicated to commercial production of PV solar panels using cadmium telluride semiconductor technology.
Acuity Brands, Inc.
$225,000
Acuity Brands will re-equip an existing facility with equipment used in the production of energy-saving lighting sensors. Sensors are used in lighting applications to control light levels based on occupancy and are used in daylighting systems.
Acuity Brands, Inc.
$547,097
Acuity plans to manufacture three energy-efficient LED luminaire outdoor products in its production facility. Lighting fixtures that include light-emitting diode (“LED”) technologies can dramatically reduce energy consumption while reducing maintenance costs associated with the luminaire due to longer product lifetimes.
AcuTemp
$900,000
Acutemp will purchase equipment for a six-fold increase in manufacturing of high performance Vacuum Insulation Panels for residential refrigerators. The panels are used in high efficiency Energy Star appliances.
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
$1,230,000
Advanced Energy Industries plans to establish a manufacturing facility for the production ofcommercial and utility-scale solar inverters. Inverters are used to integrate solar PV installations.
Aerovironment, Inc
$ 310,800
Aeroenvironment plans to manufacture a patent pending Mobile Charger that combines a battery pack with a Level 3 DC connector. It is designed for on-road service trucks to provide a quick charge to stranded battery electric vehicles similar to an “out-of-gas” situation.
Aerovironment, Inc
$369,600
Aeroenvironment plans to purchase equipment for manufacturing 25kWh LiTiO advanced battery packs and battery management systems.
Airxchange Inc.
$920,870
Airxchange will expand a facility to produce Enthalpy/Energy Recovery Wheels (ERWs) that recycle up to 80% of previously expended energy in building exhaust air. The products allow preconditioning of incoming outdoor air 5-7 times more efficiently than conventional heating and airconditioning systems reducing design heating, cooling, humidification and dehumidifiation loads and conserving energy summer and winter.
Alstom Inc.and Subsidiaries
$63,000,000
Alstom will establish a new turbine manufacturing facility designed to manufacture the world’s largest steam turbines, with unit output up to 1700 MW. The new facility will focus on turbines used in advanced nuclear power plants, retrofitting existing turbines in nuclear power plants with higher efficiency technologies, turbines in new hydro power plants, and retrofitting existing turbines in hydro power plants with higher efficiency technologies.
Alstom Inc.and Subsidiaries
$2,725,800
The Alstom assembly factory will produce and assemble the complete nacelle for wind turbines including (hub, gearbox, frames, generator, electrical convertor, etc.) for its 60Hz North American product line. This product line is comprised of two wind turbine platforms; the ECO80 (1.67MW) and the larger ECO 100 (3.0MW).
American Railcar Industries
$3,654,096
American Railcar Industries will re-equip a manufacturing plant for the production of 500 structural steel towers per year for large-scale commercial wind turbines used to generate wind energy.
American Railcar Industries
$5,347,464
American Railcar Industries will re-equip a rail car manufacturing plant for the production of 500 structural steel towers per year for large-scale commercial wind turbines.
Amonix, Inc
$3,629,998
Amonix will manufacture low-cost solar electricity systems using inexpensive plastic lenses that concentrate sunlight. The systems generate 500 times more solar electric power from small, high efficiency solar cells.
Amonix, Inc
$ 5,889,149
Amonix will manufacture low-cost solar electricity systems using inexpensive plastic lenses that concentrate sunlight. The systems generate 500 times more solar electric power from small, high efficiency solar cells.
Applied Photovoltaics, LLC
$1,068,986
Applied Photovoltaics will manufacture solar energy modules for use in building integrated photovoltaics.
Bassett, Inc. (dba Bassett Mechanical)
$868,500
Bassett Inc. will manufacture wind turbine towers (for 100-1,000 KW turbines) and foundation components for all sizes of turbines.
Bassett, Inc. (dba Bassett Mechanical)
$75,000
Bassett Inc. will manufacture Carbon Capture and Sequestration systems to extract/trap carbon from waste streams from coal fired power plants.
Brevini Wind USA, Inc.
$12,750,000
Brevini Wind will establish a new manufacturing facitlity that will produce Main Drive Gear Boxes for wind turbine manufacturers. The product allows servicing of the gear box without the use of heavy lifting equipment to remove the entire gearbox from the wind turbine.
CaliSolar, Inc.
$51,563,980
CaliSolar will build a new manufacturing facility to process silicon feedstock into finished solar cells.
CalStar Products
$2,443,547
CalStar Products will manufacture bricks and pavers from coal power plant fly ash. The process uses 88% less energy than traditional "fired" clay products, while avoiding the CO2 emission associated with concrete, and makes beneficial use of fly ash.
Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Co
$480,000
Cardinal Fastener & Specialty will manufacture hot forged, critical fasteners used in wind turbines - transportation bolts, tower bolts, nacelle bolts, and blade studs
Centrosolar Oregon LLC
$4,740,000
Centrosolar Oregon LLC plans to build a manufacturing plant for PV solar modules based on crystalline silicon cells.
CertainTeed Corporation
$1,012,500
CertainTeed will manufacture residential cool shingles that meet or exceed Energy Star criteria and are LEED qualified. The high-solar reflecting shingles will reduce electricity for cooling, reduce GHG, and smog formation while maintaining aesthetically pleasing colors.
Climate Master Inc.
$8,941,626
Climate Master will expand the capacity of existing manufacturing facilities that produce water-source heat pumps (WSHP), the core technology used in geothermal heat pump systems. Geothermal heat pumps allow high efficiency space heating and cooling.
Coolerado Corporation
$750,000
Coolerado will manufacture commercial and residential air conditioning units that use a heat exchanger incorporating an innovative thermodynamic cycle to cool the air. The patented process creates a healthier, more comfortable living environment while significantly reducing energy costs.
Cooper Power Systems, LLC
$ 495,510
Cooper Power Systems' new facility will produce electrical transformers with amorphous steel cores. Amorphous steel core transformers provide 70% lower no-load losses than normal steel transformers.
Cooper Power Systems, LLC
$846,180
Cooper Power Systems' new facility will be producing high efficiency transformers. The basis of Cooper’s high efficiency technology lies with the higher grade of steel used to produce the core and coil of the transformer. Cooper utilizes the proper grade and quantity of silicon grain oriented steel in their manufacturing process to create a higher efficiency product.
Cree Inc.
$39,087,000
Cree will purchase new equipment to add capacity and capability to lower production costs of LED chips and fixtures. LED lighting technologies represent a new source of high efficiency lighting.
Dow Corning - Solar Silane
$27,300,000
Dow Corning - Solar Silane will build a new monosilane facility with 60% of production dedicated to the solar PV market. Monosilane is a key component in the production of amorphous thin-film solar panels.
Ductmate Industries, Inc.
$192,000
Ductmate will expand manufacturing and tooling capabilities for the production of energy efficient HVAC ductwork featuring self-sealing fixtures.
Ductmate Industries, Inc.
$ 82,500
Ductmate will expand manufacturing and tooling capabilities for the production of energy efficient HVAC ductwork featuring self-sealing fixtures.
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.
$50,730,000
Dupont will expand production of high-performance polyvinyl fluoride films. These films are used to produce the critical protective backsheet component of solar photovoltaic modules.
Eagle Claw Fabrication LLC
$4,372,800
Eagle Claw will manufacture large wind turbine towers, a component piece of wind turbine systems used to generate electricity from wind energy. Towers are typically 250 to 400 feet tall and are composed of sections approximately 100 feet long that weigh 50 tons.
Ener-G-Rotors, Inc.
$834,000
Ener-G-Rotors will install manufacturing capacity to build systems that turn low temperature heat from industrial processes, from 180F to 240F, into 50kW of electricity.
Enertech, Inc.
$157,500
Enertech will expand its manufacturing plant to accommodate development, fabrication, and assembly of two new small-scale wind turbine models using innovate blade design and fabrication processes.
FAFCO, INC.
$214,500
FAFCO will develop a next generation low cost, polymer based solar hot water heating system for homes. The complete system in a box will be low cost and easy to install.
First Solar, Inc.
$16,320,000
First Solar will expand its manufacturing facility to produce fully completed thin-film solar modules. The solar modules are manufactured using a thin film of cadmium telluride (CdTe) as a semi-conductor material, which converts sunlight to electricity more efficiently than traditional crystalline silicon semi-conductor material.
Flabeg Solar U.S. Corporation
$10,187,618
Flabeg Solar U.S. Corporation will produce high-temperature solar thermal mirrors for concentrating solar power plants. The facility will produce both bent and flat mirrors for parabolic trough and power tower solar plants.
Flame Metals Processing
$1,350,000
Flame Metals will purchase equipment used in heat treatment of gears for the gear assembly used in wind turbines.
General Electric Company - Appliances
$8,700,000
GE will redevelop a manufacturing facility to produce Energy Star compliant heat pump electric water heaters that significantly improve energy efficiency compared to a traditional tank water heater.
General Electric Consumer & Industrial
$6,491,160
GE will purchase machinery and equipment to produce efficient refrigerators, resulting in greenhouse gas reductions and energy savings.
General Electric Gas Turbines (Greenville) LLC
$26,862,000
GE will manufacture its 7FA heavy duty gas turbines that will deliver greater output and efficiency. The turbine will help reduce GHG emissions, while maintaining leadership in reliability, availability, and the operational flexibility that power generators need to achieve greater revenues in cyclic and peaking operation.
General Electric Lighting, Inc
$19,831,680
GE will re-equip a lamp plant to manufacture energy conserving T8 and T5 linear fluorescent lamps. These lamps will primarily replace less efficient T12 linear fluorescent lamps and HID lamps.
GEMX Technologies LLC
$25,500,000
GEMX will re-equip an existing manufacturing facility. The facility will produce sodium metal halide batteries for various markets, including electricity grid support and regulation services to help support renewable energy penetration levels, enable remote power systems based on renewable energy sources, and help increase efficiency by reduced peak power demands.
General Electric
$4,800,000
GE will manufacture a commercially viable Heat Pump Clothes Dryer for residential application.
General Electric Company
$ 11,304,900
GE will re-equip a facility to manufacture new Energy Star compliant appliances – specifically, Ultra-high Efficient Dishwashers. This new dishwasher line will exceed the future, anticipated ENERGY STAR standards for residential dishwashers and be designed to plug into the ‘smart grid’ to effectively manage peak electrical demand.
General Electric Company
$11,860,058
GE Aviation will purchase machinery and equipment that will be used to manufacture the new GEnx aircraft engine. The GEnx engine will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the annual fuel consumption for its operators.
Great Lakes Industry, Inc
$1,301,190
Great Lakes Industry will manufacture component precision gears for multi-megawatt wind turbine gearboxes. Nearly all multi-megawatt wind turbines use highly efficient gearboxes to drive electrical generator(s) inside the turbine nacelle.
GreenRay, Inc.
$180,000
GreenRay will manufacture a simplified "plug and play" AC solar electricity system for residential rooftops.
Guardian Automotive Products Inc.
$ 3,375,000
Guardian Automotive will re-equip an existing manufacturing facility for the purpose of producing bent solar mirrors. This project will double production capabilities to create 1 million bent solar mirrors annually to support the concentrating solar power industry.
Guardian Automotive Products Inc.
$525,000
Guardian Automotive wil re-equip an existing manufacturing facility to produce solar bent mirrors. The company will use new equipment to add the reflective coating to flat glass prior to bending to achieve the optimal reflective performance demanded by solar field developers.
Guardian Automotive Products, Inc.
$1,249,800
Guardian Automotive will re-equip existing manufacturing facilities to produce solar bent mirrors. Guardian is extending its technological capabilities from advanced radical bent windshields into the solar industry.
Guardian Industries Corp
$2,707,560
Guardian Industries will expand production for an existing facility to produce unique low iron pattern glass used in solar applications. Once completed, this facility would be the only US owned manufacturer of solar low iron pattern glass in North America and would enable the production of more than 600MW of crystalline silicon modules
Guardian Industries Corp
$900,000
Guardian Industries will re-equip an existing manufacturing facility to produce bent solar mirrors. The project will modify and enhance the existing mirror line to enable the facility to mirror glass in a single throughput on the production line, while at the same time achieving a multi-layer specialized paint coating to protect and preserve the reflective layers of copper and silver. Preservation of these reflective layers is critical to the achievement of long service lives of highly reflective solar mirrors.
Hemlock Semiconductor Corp.
$141,870,000
Hemlock Semiconductor will expand a manufacturing plant that produces polycrystalline-silicon used in the production of solar panels. The plants, when fully operational, will produce 19,200 metric tons per year.
Hexcel Corporation
$8,139,510
Hexcel Corporation will establish a technologically advanced manufacturing facility to produce high-performance epoxy, glass, and carbon fiber composite materials. The composites will be used in the manufacture of wind turbine blades.
Ice Energy, Inc.
$1,508,973
Ice Energy will expand a facility to design and manufacture energy storage modules for use with direct expansion air conditioners commonly found in commercial and small industrial applications. When deployed, the asset enables the storage of electricity from renewable energy resources in the form of ice.
ilumisys, Inc.
$1,305,480
ilumisys will automate manufacture of LED replacements for fluorescent lighting.
Ingeteam Inc.
$1,665,299
Ingeteam Inc. will manufacture wind turbine generators in various technologies, including PMG, DFM, xDFM. They will also manufacture power converter and control systems for both the wind and solar industry.
Itron
$5,151,000
Itron plans to re-equip an existing facility to produce the OpenWay CENTRON meter, a fully inter-operable, solid-state smart meter with a built-in, two-way communications path and integrated remote on/off switch. The CENTRON meter is the first advanced meter for the residential market providing open-standards architecture, modular design for communications flexibility, and extensive functionality to support smart grid infrastructure.
Johnson Plate & Tower Fabrication, Inc.
$2,385,494
Johnson Plate & Tower Fabrication will establish and design a facility to manufacture commercial wind towers. The facility will produce property that, after further manufacturing, will become Specified Advanced Energy Property used in the production of energy from wind resources.
Johnson Plate & Tower Fabrication, Inc.
$1,421,852
Johnson Plate & Tower Fabrication, Inc. will re-equip a facility to manufacture commercial wind towers to be used ultimately with turbines to generate renewable energy.
Kaydon
$1,774,800
Kaydon will apply the tax credits to re-equip and expand an existing manufacturing facility to produce “critical pitch and yaw” bearings used in the production and assembly of wind energy turbines.
Martifer-Hirschfeld Energy Systems LLC
$ 3,474,269
Martifer-Hirschfeld Energy Systems LLC will develop a factory for the production of steel towers for wind turbine generators. This evolution will allow the wind tower plant to achieve considerable gains in terms of efficiency and in production times.
Merrill Technologies Group
$22,021,500
Merrill Technologies Group will invest $73 million in advanced manufacturing equipment to support the production of nacelles for Northern Power's new 2.2 MW utillity-scale wind turbine. Project will progress through prototype and pilot phases into serial production.
Metglas, Inc.
$ 4,890,000
Metglas, Inc. will purchase equipment for a casting expansion to increase domestic production of amorphous metals that form the core of the most energy efficient transformers. The equipment will reduce the amount of lost electricity due to transformer distribution losses.
Miasole
$10,450,200
Miasole will manufacture Solar PV Cells and modules based on an innovative thin-film production technology. These Solar PV Cells will drive lower the costs of renewable clean electricity generation.
Miasole
$91,350,000
Miasole will manufacture Solar PV Cells and modules based on an innovative thin-film production technology. These Solar PV Cells will drive lower the costs of renewable clean electricity generation.
Mistubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc.
$5,100,000
Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc. will create a new facility that will manufacture nacelles for 2.4MW wind turbines. These nacelles will be used for the production of wind energy.
Monogram Refrigeration, LLC
$7,257,882
Monogram Refigeration, LLC will install newly purchased machinery and equipment to produce both Energy Star-qualified and non-Energy Star qualified refrigerators. The creation of these energy efficient appliances will result in a reduction of energy usage.
Nanosolar
$43,453,309
Nanosolar will factory produce tools for the manufacturing of low-cost, low-GHG emission solar cells, using nanotechnology-enabled roll-to-roll processes. Tools enable high throughput production steps including printing of electronic ink, annealing, various deposition steps, cell assembly, and quality control and testing of structural and functional properties of product.
Nordex USA Inc
$22,153,500
Nordex USA, Inc. will build its first facility for wind turbines. This project will use renewable energy and will help build wind turbines to generate renewable energy.
Nordic Windpower
$3,000,000
Nordic Windpower will establish manufacturing operations for an innovative wind turbine technology that uses two blades and a patented teeter-hub technology that dampens loads. The end product will result in a lightweight turbine that is at least 10% less costly to manufacture, install, operate and maintain than competing systems for renewable wind energy production.
Novozymes Blair, Inc.
$28,401,000
Novozymes Blair, Inc will install equipment at a new manufacturing facility to produce biocatalysts (enzymes) used in manufacturing cellulosic ethanol from corn stover by the biochemical platform (biomass pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, fermentation, distillation). These biocatalysts will aid the production of biofuels as a renewable energy source.
Pacific Metal Fab, LLC
$303,801
Pacific Metal Fab, LLC will re-equip and expand its manufacturing facility to produce components for passive solar water heaters, specifically tanks, plumbing modules, and the frames that hold them. These components will promote greater energy efficiency in appliances.
Porocel Industries, LLC
$2,880,000
Porocel Industries, LLC will construct and operate a plant for drying, grinding, calcining, and packaging process steps for the production of intermediate material used in the production of Conoco Phillips’ CPreme® Anode. The result will aid in competitive domestic battery manufacturing capability.
PPG Industries, Inc.
$267,476
PPG Industries will manufacture a Transparent Conductive Oxide (TCO) coating for glass to be used as a substrate to construct photovoltaic solar cells. The result will aid in competitive domestic solar PV panel manufacturing.
PPG Industries, Inc.
$149,100
PPG Industries will produce a double anti-reflective coating for glass that will permit increased light transmittance in solar modules. The result will aid in competitive domestic solar PV panel manufacturing.
PPG Industries, Inc.
$1,260,000
PPG Industries will manufacture Hi Sil 190 G and Hi Sil HDP 320 G, highly dispersible silica and to sell to tire manufacturers. The product, when incorporated into the tire rubber, will create a tire with reduced rolling resistance. The resulting product will increase vehicle fuel efficiency.
Premium Power
$3,000,000
Premium Power will establish a manufacturing facility to produce its proprietary Zinc-Flow® advanced renewable energy storage systems. The technology will deliver high energy storage density, long product life, and deep discharge capability for use in SmartGrid.
Ramgen Power Systems, LLC
$ 4,767,438
Ramgen Power Systems, LLC will produce a CO2 compressor capable of converting coal plant CO2 into a supercritical fluid that can be sequestered. The result is projected to be more efficient and cost-effective for Carbon Capture and Storage.
ReflecTech, Inc.
$750,000
ReflecTech, Inc will manufacture Mirror Facets made with ReflecTech® Mirror Film which will reflect sunlight onto the receivers of Parabolic Trough Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) collector systems. Facets will match or exceed the optical and structural characteristics of the existing glass mirrors, but will aim to be more cost-efficient and durable. The end product will aid domestic solar power production.
RE-Gen LLC
$903,480
RE-Gen will build a factory to produce Biomass Gasification Furnaces with a capacity of 250 systems/year. The result will aid the domestic biofuels industry while promoting energy efficiency.
Ringdale, Inc.
$ 450,000
Ringdale will purchase equipment to expand production capacity of commercial LED lighting and advanced lighting controls technology. The results will address outdoor, street, area lights, and indoor recessed down-lights, and will promote greater energy efficiency.
Rioglass Solar Inc
$ 10,692,000
Rioglass Solar Inc will manufacture tempered glass parabolic mirrors designated for use in concentrated solar power plants. The placement of the mirrors are specifically integrated to derive maximum electrical production from the sun. The resulting technologies will aid domestic solar panel production.
Rogers Foam Automotive Corporation
$ 300,000
Rogers Foam Automotive Corporation will manufacture a component to be used in the thermal management system of Lithium Ion Battery assemblies for electrical vehicles. This sub-component consists of an outer gasket, which locates the component in the assembly, a multi-layer pressure conformable membrane,which provides the constant pressure and a bonding agent, which attaches the outer gasket and membrane. The resulting product will aid domestic battery manufacturing for electric vehicles.
Roller Bearing Co. of America, Inc
$4,155,000
Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc will produce turbine blade and yaw bearings, both of which will be used in wind turbines. The blades are attached to a hub by large pitch bearings which facilitate movement allowing optimal performance with varying wind conditions. Yaw bearings allow the nacelle to be directed into the wind allowing more efficient conversion of wind into electricity. The resulting technologies will aid domestic production of wind turbines and renewable wind energy.
Roller Bearing Co. of America, Inc.
$ 4,157,400
Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc will produce turbine blade and yaw bearings, both of which will be used in wind turbines. The blades are attached to a hub by large pitch bearings which facilitate movement allowing optimal performance with varying wind conditions. Yaw bearings allow the nacelle to be directed into the wind allowing more efficient conversion of wind into electricity. The resulting technologies will aid domestic production of wind turbines and renewable wind energy.
S&C Electric Company
$5,100,000
S&C Electric Company will re-equip a facility to produce a fault-interrupting device for overhead distribution system, Smart Grid applications, and switchgear for underground distribution system Smart Grid applications. These technologies will help installation of distributed renewable generation on electric distribution systems, close to the residential, commercial and industrial loads that consume the electric power.
Saint Gobain Solar Glass NA
$8,100,000
Saint Gobain Solar Glass NA will manufacture mirrors used in concentrating solar power (CSP) technology that involves generating electricity by directing the light on to photovoltaic cells or other solar thermal generating technologies. The resulting product will help aid in domestic solar technologies manufacturing.
Schuff Steel Company
$7,073,316
Schuff Steel will construct a wind turbine tower manufacturing facility with a planned capacity of 300 wind towers per year.
Serious Materials Inc
$ 548,100
Serious Materials Inc is manufacturing highly insulating, high performance fiberglass windows. The resulting product will be cost-efficient and will promote energy efficiency.
Sharp Electronics Corp
$1,650,000
Sharp Electronics Corp will expand current solar manufacturing operations by installing a new crystalline photovoltaic module production line (E-Line) within its current solar facility. The resulting product will be a cost-efficient source of renewable solar energy.
Shaw Modular Solutions, L.L.C.
$10,800,000
Shaw Modular Solutions LLC will fabricate modules used in advanced, passively-safe, nuclear stations which avoid GHG emissions. The resulting product will aid the domestic nuclear energy industry.
Siemens Energy Inc.
$3,450,900
Siemens Energy Inc. will build a new manufacturing plant for assembly of wind turbine nacelles and hubs for Siemens wind turbines. The resulting products will aid the domestic wind power industry.
Siemens Energy Inc.
$4,331,700
Siemens Energy Inc. will expand a wind turbine blade manufacturing facility. The expanded facility will be capable of producing both 45 meter and 49 meter blades for the Siemens SWT-2.3mw wind turbine. The resulting product will aid the domestic wind power industry.
Siemens Industry, Inc.
$28,328,379
Siemens Industry, Inc will manufacture the mechanical drives, gears, pinions, and other components for gear boxes for wind turbines. The resulting product will aid the domestic wind power industry.
Solar Power Industries, Inc.
$3,756,000
Solar Power Industries will produce multicrystalline cells up to 156mm by 156mm in size, which will then be integrated into solar modules. The resulting products will aid the domestic solar energy industry.
Solar Power Industries, Inc
$1,611,083
Solar Power Industries, Inc will focus processes on high purity silicon ignot casting, slicing, and cell processing operations to produce silicon bricks, wafers, solar power systems, and solar module components. The resulting product will aid the domestic solar energy industry.
Solar Strategies, Inc.
$1,572,236
Solar Strategies will re-equip a modular home facility to produce net zero-energy homes. By combining energy conservation techniques, energy producing technologies, smart metering, Energy Star-rated appliances, and energy management systems, the company aims to produce thousands of solar modular homes that generate more power than they consume over the course of a year. The resulting homes will promote energy efficiency in the residential construction industry.
SolarWorld Industries America Inc.
$82,200,000
SolarWorld Industries America Inc. will expand the existing 100 MW solar PV manufacturing plant to 500 MW. The facility focuses on crystal growing, wafering, cell and module production. The resulting product will aid the domestic solar power industry.
Southwire
$2,211,000
Southwire will re-equip a facility for new manufacturing lines to produce cables optimized specifically for wind and solar applications that will extend the grid to allow for collection of power within renewable energy systems. The resulting technologies will aid SmartGrid capacity and technology.
Spire Semiconductor, LLC
$2,044,500
Spire Semiconductor, LLC will manufacture a very high efficiency concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) Cell and Receiver Assembly (CRA) to be incorporated into CPV systems. The resulting technology will aid the domestic solar energy industry.
Stion Corporation
$37,500,000
Stion Corporation will manufacture high efficiency (11-12%+) CIGS thin-film photovoltaic modules on glass. The resulting technology will aid the domestic solar energy industry.
Stirling Energy Systems, Inc
$9,831,000
Stirling Energy Systems, Inc will produce Azimuth drives used to track the sun for the SunCatcher, a 25 kW solar dish. The resulting technologies will aid Solar Concentrating Solar Power industry domestically.
Stirling Energy Systems, Inc
$642,000
Stirling Energy Systems, Inc will produce pedestals, hubs, facet support structures, booms and mirror facets that combine to serve as the radial solar concentrator dish structure of the SunCatcher, a 25 kW solar dish. The resulting technologies will aid Solar Concentrating Solar Power industry domestically.
STR, Inc.
$829,020
STR, Inc. will manufacture encapsulants that are specialty extruded sheets and film that hold a solar module together and protect the embedded semiconductor circuit. The resulting technologies will aid the domestic solar PV panel manufacturing industry.
Sumco Phoenix
$731,207
Sumco Phoenix will slice, clean, and inspect and inspecting silicon wafers. These silicon wafers will then be sold for integration into solar power modules. The resulting technologies will aid the domestic solar power industry.
Sumco Phoenix
$ 2,674,236
Sumco Phoenix will be manufacturing and shaping silicon solar blocks. These silicon blocks will then be sent for further processing into solar wafers and sold to solar equipment manufacturers. The resulting technologies will aid the domestic solar technologies manufacturing industry.
SunEarth, Inc.
$ 288,600
SunEarth, Inc will manufacture liquid flat plate solar thermal collectors for medium temperature domestic water heating and industrial processes and will manufacture standard and custom rolled and ultrasonically welded absorber plates and fin-tubes. The resulting technologies will be used in energy efficient solar hot water heaters.
Suniva, Inc.
$5,700,000
Suniva Inc will manufacture monocrystalline silicon-based solar cells. The resulting technologies will aid the domestic solar power industry.
Suntech
$2,105,848
Suntech will manufacture a line of poly-crystaline solar modules as well as its new "Pluto" modules.
Texas Instruments Incorporated
$51,450,000
Texas Instruments will re-equip a facility and purchase equipment to produce 300mm wafers for advanced power management semiconductors.
The Dow Chemical Company
$2,220,000
Dow's plant will produce special coatings for use in solar cell manufacture. The "films" are used to laminate cell components together to form a rigid structure, offering significant benefits to solar cell manufacturers.
The Dow Chemical Company
$17,814,621
Dow will produce photovoltaic cells built into residential and commercial roofing and siding products. Dow's technology imbeds solar cells into shingles, sidings, and other materials, enabling lower production and installation costs.
Think North America, Inc.
$16,970,145
Think North America will establish a U.S. manufacturing operation/facility (a vehicle assembly operation as well as facilities for fabricating vehicle components) for the Think City light-weight EV-dedicated vehicle for sale throughout North America.
Tindall Corporation
$16,750,500
Tindall Corporation will build a facility to manufacture concrete tower bases and concrete towers for wind turbines, which will help provide more efficient wind energy production.
TPI Composites, Inc.
$3,902,921
TPI is expanding its manufacturing facility in order to fill the anticipated greater demand for composite wind turbine blades from its customer General Electric and GE's wind farm customers.
TPI Composites, Inc.
$5,135,241
TPI will operate a new manufacturing facility to produce the next generation wind turbine blades made by combining reinforcing fibers from glass or carbon, resin, foam, and balsa wood.
United Technologies Corporation
$110,400,000
United Technologes' Pratt & Whitney will re-equip existing manufacturing facilities for the production of a jet engine, the Pure Power® PW 1000G. The resulting engine will increase and promote greater fuel efficiency.
UTC Power Corp.
$5,300,100
UTC Power will open a new manufacturing facility to produce a clean, efficient and reliable fuel-cell powerplant offering more than twice the efficiency of traditional energy sources, while maintaining a low sound and emissions profile.
Vela Gear Systems, Inc.
$11,604,440
Vela Gear will build a plant to produce advanced wind turbine parts with improved technology. The facility will produce large precision gear sets designed specifically for the wind industry.
Vestas Blades America, Inc
$21,589,200
Vestas Blades produces blades for wind turbines used in the production of wind energy. The utility-scales blades, which convert wind into mechanical motion, are approximately 44 meters in length.
Vestas Blades America, Inc
$8,580,600
Vestas Blades will produce blades for wind turbines used in the production of wind energy. The utility-scales blades, which convert wind into mechanical motion, are approximately 44 meters in length.
Vestas Towers America, Inc.
$21,600,000
Vestas Towers will produce tubular wind towers that support wind turbines at heights ranging from between 80 and 95 meters above ground.
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
$604,350
W.L. Gore will retool a manufacturing facility with next-generation equipment used to produce a key component of fuel cell systems that will be used to improve fuel efficiency in vehicles and other applications.
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
$210,000
W.L. Gore will re-equip two manufacturing facilities in New York and Maryland to produce the Gore Turbine Filter, a technology for gas turbines that delivers higher fuel efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Wacker Polysilicon North America LLC
$128,482,287
Wacker Polysilicon's manufacturing plant will produce roughly 10 metric tons of pure polysilicon annually. One hundred percent of the output will be for the photovoltaic solar cell market.
Waukesha Electric Systems, Inc.
$12,450,000
Waukesha will expand an existing plant to produce very large, high-voltage power transformers. The company anticipates that more than 80 percent of them will be used to help bring renewable energy to distant load centers or to replace aging, less efficient transformers.
Wausaukee Composites, Inc.
$930,810
Wausaukee Electric Systems will manufacture fiberglass wind turbine components.
Winergy Drive Systems Corp.
$12,786,000
Winergy will build a new facility to manufacture power transmission equipment and gearboxes for wind turbines. The facility will enable Winergy to produce 100 percent of its gear units domestically.
Xunlight Corporation
$34,500,000
Xunlight's first product is a flexible and lightweight photovoltaic solar energy module, which uses thin film silicon-based solar cells and can be rolled for shipping. This product was designed for easy application on rooftops.
Yingli Green Energy Americas
$4,534,320
Yingli plans to open a manufacturing facility to produce its solar energy modules in order to better serve its US customer base.
ZF Steering Systems, LLC
$28,560,000
ZF Steering plans to re-equip its manufacturing facility in order to increase its production of welded and fabricated component kits used in 2MW and 3MW wind turbines.
