Tours and one-on-one meetings with scientists offered at NREL’s Process Development Integration Laboratory Media availability Thursday, Aug. 4, 4:30 pm

Friday, July 22, 2011

One-of-a-kind platforms that have the ability to bridge the gap between photovoltaic (PV) module and cell efficiencies are opening their stainless steel arms to industry, academia, stakeholders, and other entities on Aug. 4 at a Collaborative Showcase at the Process Development Integration Laboratory (PDIL) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

NREL’s PDIL is now fully operational and is a unique facility for testing, measuring, and processing solar cells to maximize the research benefits and minimize the technology development risks. NREL wants stakeholders from industry, academia and other entities to see the new photovoltaic lab and discuss ways to work together to use its capabilities.

During the Collaborative Showcase, stakeholders from industry, academia, and other entities will have the opportunity to talk one-on-one with NREL’s principal investigators. Media are encouraged to attend at 4:30 p.m.

Shuttle vans and buses will take participants from NREL’s Visitors Center to the PDIL. Registration deadline is July 27.

Register for the PDIL Collaborative Showcase

WHAT: Media availability at the PDIL Collaborative Showcase on NREL’s main campus in Golden, Colo.

WHEN: Check in at 4 p.m., Thursday Aug. 21

WHERE: Check in at NREL's Visitor’s Center, then ushered to PDIL. For directions and security information, visit http://www.nrel.gov/visiting_nrel/golden.html.

NOTE: Media must arrive by 4 p.m. for check-in at Visitor Center Security, at the entrance to the main campus site, for badging. U.S. citizens must present government-issued identification to be granted access. Non-U.S. citizens should contact 303-275-4097 for additional information.

Learn more about the PDIL, including a video showing how it operates.

NREL is the Department of Energy’s primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is operated for DOE by The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.

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