Spire获美能源部资助，开发LED太阳能模拟器

    Spire公司是一家美国全球太阳能公司，专为世界各地提供生产光伏（PV）组件所需的资金设备和全套生产线。该公司今日宣布，公司已经被美国能源部（DOE）部门选定为小企业创新研究接受人，能源部将资助公司发展发光二极管（LED）的太阳模拟器。
    Spire公司是使用脉冲光灯光源生产太阳能模拟器的主要生产者，美国国家能源部的这个项目将以LED技术为基础，开发新一代太阳能模拟器——基于LED系统基础上，且在准确性，可靠性，通用性和成本方面都具有优势。有了系统软件和控制电子设备，光谱，强度和空间均匀性的变化都轻而易举。
    Spire公司的首席执行官兼主席罗杰先生说：“我们很高兴美国能源部选择了Spire，世界各地的最大型组件制造商和许多国际测试设施都在使用我们的太阳能模拟器，我们将继续努力改进技术。”

    BEDFORD, Mass., Jun 28, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Spire Corporation  an American global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey manufacturing lines to produce photovoltaic (PV) modules worldwide, today announced it has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) as the recipient of a Small Business Innovation Research grant to develop a light emitting diode (LED) based solar simulator.

    Spire is a major producer of solar simulators using pulsed light lamp light sources; this project will develop a next generation solar simulator, based on LED technology. An LED based system could provide advantages of accuracy, reliability, versatility and cost. Spectral, intensity and spatial uniformity variations could be achieved easily with system software and control electronics.

    "We're pleased that DOE selected Spire for this grant," said Roger G. Little, Chairman and CEO of Spire Corporation. "Our simulators are used by most major module manufacturers throughout the world and numerous international testing facilities, so we continuously strive to improve and advance the technology."