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Sacred Power and Cyberlux plan to light up battlefields

This is from Sacred Powers website and I have confirmed it.

New Mexico Business Weekly - by Kevin Robinson-Avila NMBW Staff

Sacred Power Corp. has forged a partnership with Cyberlux Corp. in North Carolina to provide advanced lighting for conflict zones that uses renewable energy.

Sacred Power — an American Indian-owned company headquartered at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque — provides fully assembled solar systems to power homes, buildings and other installations in remote locations.

Cyberlux sells energy-efficient advanced lighting systems for use by the military.

The two signed a manufacturing, sales and distribution partnership in early November to integrate Cyberlux lights into Sacred Power solar systems. The fused product will provide sustainable lighting for the military, and eventually for other public and private entities, said Cyberlux President and CEO Mark Schmidt.

“We’ll supply the lighting technology and Sacred Power will provide its ruggedized, tried-and-true solar technology to allow the Department of Defense to deploy lighting solutions without the need for costly fuel,” Schmidt said. “It could have far-reaching implications for forward-based operations and check points for the military.”

The partners have an initial $50,000 DOD contract, channeled through Sandia National Laboratories, to build a prototype, said Sacred Power President and CEO David Melton.

“The first units will be sent to Sandia for prototype testing, and then to Fort Irwin in California for field testing,” Melton said. “Depending on the testing, it could be deployed in Afghanistan.”

Sales for battlefield deployment are not guaranteed, said John Spiller, a support contractor for the military’s Power Surety Task Force at Fort Belvoir in Virginia.

“The contract is just for a prototype to get a couple of systems out there to prove the concept,” Spiller said. “We’ll let folks kick the tires a bit, and if they like it, it would sell itself.”

Spiller said the new product could save money.

“The military currently uses energy-efficient LED lighting in remote places that run on batteries,” Spiller said. “We use six batteries for every light, which by itself is not a big deal, but if you have, say, 1,000 lights, then you need 6,000 batteries. For economies of scale, we need renewable energy, such as solar power, to replace the batteries with more advanced fuel cells that can be charged with solar energy during the day.”

In places where the military uses fossil fuel to power such systems, renewable energy will offset expensive gasoline, Schmidt said.

“Gasoline or diesel delivered to the front line can cost upwards of $300 per gallon,” Schmidt said. “This would eliminate the need for that fuel for situational lighting.”

Eventually, the partners expect to sell the system to other government entities, and to civilian contractors, said Sacred Power co-owner Odes Armijo-Caster.

“I could see the border patrol using this to light up remote border regions,” Armijo-Caster said. “On the civilian side, I believe this technology could replace current lighting systems in the film industry for movie sets. It could also provide alternative lighting for construction sites on highways.”

Sacred Power is the prime contractor in the partnership with Cyberlux, Melton said. Sacred Power will build the new units at its factory in Albuquerque and manage all sales and distribution.

Melton expects to hire between five and 10 more employees next year to manage the increased workload. The firm currently employs 20 people.

The company also wants to move from its current, 8,000-square-foot factory at 815 Bellamah NW, south of I-40, to a new location to accommodate growth. The firm needs between 12,000 and 20,000 square feet of space, Melton said.

Sacred Power, which formed in 2001, reached $3.6 million in sales in 2007. Melton expects sales to top $4 million this year.

I thought we already covered this topic months ago. I have also called Sacred Power and spoke to them but they couldn't say much expect that they and Cyberlux were testing products.

http://www.sacredpowercorp.com/spc_newsite/What's_New/press_release_16.htm