Georgia Tech solar power pioneer honored by EPA
April 21, 2009 at 1:13 pm by Thomas Wheatley in News
Ajeet Rohatgi, the Georgia Tech professor who founded the Norcross-based solar power technology company Suniva, has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and several other organizations for his life’s work in the clean energy field.
After over thirty years of innovative research and discoveries in photovoltaic (PV) technology, Dr. Ajeet Rohatgi, founder and CTO of Suniva, was recently recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) for a lifetime’s contribution to making solar technology a realistic, low-cost energy solution. The U.S. EPA will honor Dr. Rohatgi as an Individual Climate Protection Award Winner in a ceremony held today at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
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Dr. Rohatgi is a regents professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he founded the school’s PV research program and later established the first University Center of Excellence for Photovoltaic Research and Education (UCEP), a program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. In 2007, he founded Suniva, a Norcross, GA-based company, to commercialize the world’s most advanced low-cost high-efficiency solar cells.
“This is a critical time in the history of solar research and deployment. Never before in my career have I seen today’s confluence of technological advances, political will and economic conditions necessary to bring solar into the mainstream. I’m honored to receive such recognitions as America and the world embrace photovoltaics as a practical energy solution,” said Rohatgi.
In last week’s Green Guide, we noted Suniva as one of metro Atlanta’s examples of a company that’s making strides to foster a green economy.
(Courtesy Suniva)
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:16 am
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