Applied Quantum Technology (AQT), a leading developer of low-cost CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-diselenide) thin-film solar cells, today announced that it has secured $10 million in venture funding. The latest investment from the original investor syndicate and additional undisclosed investors will be used to build out AQT’s first manufacturing line, to be located in Silicon Valley, and to aggressively expand the company’s staff in anticipation of full-scale production over the next 12 months. This funding round, which has completed its initial close, raises the total amount of funds that AQT has attracted to date to almost $15 million.
Dow Corning, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, signed a three-year contract with imec to perform joint research on next generations of crystalline silicon solar cells.
Based on its recent analysis of the solar power industry, Frost & Sullivan recognizes AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH (AZUR SPACE) with the "2009 World Solar Power Industry Growth Leadership Award." AZUR SPACE has carved a niche for itself in the field of space and terrestrial solar cell applications by providing high-performance solar cells. The company's Si and GaAs solar cells are renowned for their unmatched quality and efficiency rates. In fact, AZUR SPACE is the sole producer of GaAs cells in Europe and only one of the three producers of this cell, worldwide.
Veeco Instruments Inc., a leading global provider of precision metrology solutions for scientific and industrial markets, today announced the ContourGT™ Surface Metrology Product Family, Veeco’s 10th generation of precision, non-contact, 3D optical surface profilers that delivers up to 10x capacity and throughput improvements over other systems on demanding surface measurements and analyses, enabling new levels of efficiency and capability.
As part of its ongoing commitment to reduce the company's impact on the environment, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) has announced it will install more than 500 solar panels on a portion of the roof of the company's headquarters in Springfield, Mass.
Arizona Public Service received approval Thursday from the Arizona Corporation Commission for the Community Power Project in Flagstaff, a pilot program that will bring solar panels to the rooftops of homes and businesses.
Technic Inc. and the The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (“CNSE”) of the University at Albany today announced a research and development partnership that is designed to enable critical improvements in manufacturing processes for solar cells.
Solar Power, Inc. announced today that the Company entered into a sub-contract agreement to install a 230 kW DC photovoltaic solar system at San Sevaine Villas, an affordable housing development located in Rancho Cucamonga, California.
AES Solar Energy Ltd (AES Solar), a joint venture between The AES Corporation and Riverstone Holdings LLC, announced that one of its subsidiaries closed on long-term project financing facilities of €173 million to finance the construction of the Cellino San Marco (CSM) project, a 43 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) facility located in the Puglia region of Italy.
Suniva, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today announced that the company has been selected for the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program under the DOE’s Innovative Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Advanced Transmission and Distribution Technologies Solicitation.
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