Spain's Antonio Luque to receive Karl W. Bӧer Solar Energy Medal of Merit

10:38 a.m., Feb. 9, 2015--Antonio Luque, professor and director of the Institute of Solar Energy at the Technical University of Madrid in Spain, will receive the prestigious Karl W. Bӧer Solar Energy Medal of Merit during a ceremony to be held Friday, March 13, at the University of Delaware.

The ceremony will be held from 3-5 p.m. in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory (ISE Lab) Commons.

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The deadline for registration is Friday, Feb. 27, and registration can be completed via the University of Delaware Energy Institute website.

The medal and a cash award of $60,000, funded by the Karl W. Bӧer Solar Energy Medal of Merit Trust, is bestowed every two years to an individual of great distinction who through research, development, application, economic enterprise or policies has made extraordinary contributions to the fields of solar energy, wind energy or other forms of renewable energy, which have been recognized nationally and internationally.

The award is given in honor of Karl W. Bӧer, a longtime University of Delaware faculty member, founder of UD’s Institute of Energy Conversion and a distinguished scientist in the field of solar cells.

The award recipient is chosen by a selection committee composed of scientists and presidents of several solar energy-related professional societies, a representative from the U.S. Department of Energy, a past recipient of the award and a member of the Bӧer family.

Among his many accomplishments, Luque is the inventor of the intermediate band solar cell, which raises the efficiency limit from 41 percent to 63 percent.

Luque’s numerous academic and professional honors include the SolarWorld Senior Einstein Award by SolarWorld AG in 2008; IEEE’s William Cherry Award for Photovoltaic Science and Technology in 2006; the Juan de la Cierva National Prize for Technology Transfer in 2003; the Rey Jaime I Prize for Environmental Research from the Regional Government of Valencia in 1999; the Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel Prize for Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Photovoltaic Solar Energy in 1992; and the Leonardo Torres Quevedo National Prize for Technology Research in 1987. Luque was elected the founding member of the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain in 1995.