What to do during the NFL’s inexplicable off week before the Super Bowl? The Department of Energy has something to help you with your free time. Fresh off a successful DOE SSL Workshop, the DOE has released two new comprehensive reports on the landscape of solid-state lighting, manufacturing, assembly and research and development in the United States.
2022 DOE SSL Manufacturing Status and Opportunities is an incredibility well organized 139-page publication outlining opportunities in manufacturing and assembly of LED dies, chip packages, luminaires and OLEDs.
Lead author Monica Hansen, LED Lighting Advisors and contributors Norman Bardsley, of Bardsley Consulting, Morgan Pattison, of Solid State Lighting Services, and Kyung Lee, of Guidehouse, Inc. have divided it into 4 Sections for convenient navigation and reference:
- Executive Summary
- Overview of SSL Manufacturing
- LED Package and Luminaire Manufacturing Process, Equipment & Materials
- OLED Panel and Luminaire Manufacturing Process, Equipment & Materials
The goal of this publication is advancing the U.S.’ manufacturing role with LEDs and OLEDs both nationally and globally by outlining opportunities in the field.
2022 Solid-State Lighting R&D Opportunities is an equally impressive 201-page document looking at research and development opportunities with LEDs and OLEDs. Co-Authors Morgan Pattison, SSLS, Inc. Monica Hansen, LED Lighting Advisors, Norman Bardsley, Bardsley Consulting, Gregory D. Thomson, PlanArchology, Kelly Gordon, Pacific Northwest National Labs, Andrea Wilkerson, Pacific Northwest National Labs, Kyung Lee, Guidehouse, Inc. Valerie Nubbe, Guidehouse, Inc. and Sean Donnelly, Guidehouse, Inc. have put together a “must read” document for everyone in our industry.
It is divided into 6 Sections:
- Executive Summary
- DOE Solid-State Lighting Program
- Lighting Energy and Technology Status
- R&D Priorities
- Targets for Select R&D Priorities
- Appendix
The appendix lists 23 on-going research projects currently being funded.
If you ever thought: a) as an industry we have too many acronyms and b) why do we have so many acronyms, no problem as there is a very welcoming four-page list of acronyms with descriptions in both publications.
If 340 pages, including covers and images, is too much for the time you have, the Executive Summary on both documents highlights the content and the downloadable PDF is easily navigable with a click of your mouse for quick reference.
These are two well researched, assembled and written documents. The DOE should be applauded.