Green Industry Business DevelopmentCX(s) Applied: B5.1Date: 04/20/2010Location(s): Champaign, IllinoisOffice(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
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April 20, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B5.1
Date: 04/20/2010
Location(s): Champaign, Illinois
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity will use $2,500,224 in Recovery Act funds to support the facility upgrade efforts of Epiworks. The funds will be used to purchase and install equipment and machinery for the production and characterization of solar photovoltaic (PV) wafers at EpiWorks' existing facility in Champaign, Illinois. The equipment will be installed in a new 5,000 square foot clean room adjacent to its existing clean room. The equipment includes a PV wafer production tool and a PV wafer characterization tool. The tools are used for quality assurance.