Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has research and development underway at its NanoPower Research Labs to support the solar energy sector. Rochester area solar energy companies such as Wakonda Technologies are saving time and money by utilizing RIT's research labs.

University of Rochester is participating in federal programs to develop new solar energy technologies.

Local area employers, Kodak, Xerox, Bausch & Lomb, and ExxonMobil, have spawned a technologically savvy workforce well versed in managing thin films, which are critical to the development of next-generation alternative energy materials such as thin-film membranes for solar applications.




In addition, there are "cleanroom type" operations throughout the region, which are necessary to facilitate additional research and development for solar technologies.

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Rochester Institute of Technology (www.rit.edu)