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Polymeur Sun will be acting as an authorized reseller of Ascent Solar Technologies thin-film CIGS modules for BIPV and portable power solutions in the Singapore and Malaysia regions. Ascent Solar looks forward to this agreement with Polymeur Sun promoting the company’s name with different Southeast Asia regions that are in the development stages of their solar markets.
The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory has confirmed new world record conversion efficiencies for a pair of thin-film solar photovoltaic devices. United Solar has achieved an initial 12% efficiency on a large-area thin-film silicon cell using its Nano-Crystalline technology, while Avancis has reached 15.5% on a copper-indium-selenide (CIS) module, according to NREL.
Green Earth Energy and Technology has signed a contract with Ascent Solar to distribute its CIGS thin-film modules in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany.
Stion has received ANSI/UL 1703 and IEC 61646 accreditation for its 110 and 120W CIGS thin-film solar panels. The Elevation Series are the largest U.S.-manufactured, monolithically-integrated panels to gain industry accreditation to date.
Sulfurcell has secured €18.8 million in equity funding for the expansion and marketing of its second-generation thin-film PV technology. The majority of investment came from Intel Capital.
MHH Solartechnik has signed a multiyear contract to sell Solar Frontier’s next-generation CIS modules to its German customers. Solartechnik will begin selling the modules in March, with the total volume of sales expected to exceed 100MW.
On January 18, Solar Frontier’s president, Shigeaki Kameda, officially opened the company’s new and expanded headquarters at Bavariafilmplatz in Gruenwald near Munich, Germany. Solar Frontier’s new facilities house its technical support, partner program, business development and marketing teams in addition to its management team.
SoloPower becomes the fourth CIGS thin-film photovoltaics manufacturer since the beginning of the year to announce it has selected a site for its volume production facility. The San Jose-based company has chosen Wilsonville, OR, where it plans to build a 75MW plant and create 170 new jobs as part of its initial phase of expansion. SoloPower made its decision in part because of a package of local and state incentives that includes at least $40 million in potential loan and tax credit monies.
Sulfurcell Solartechnik’s CIS thin-film modules have been used on the rooftop array at the Adlershof business park in Berlin, Germany. The newly-installed Am Oktogon system has a peak output of 1,010kWp and an annual energy yield of around 820MWh.
UPDATED: Singulus Technologies has received a follow-on order from Avancis worth €30 million.
