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Pilkington North America, based in Toledo, Ohio, will collaborate with Dyesol to develop opportunities in the building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) market. The partnership will utilize Pilkington's TEC series of transparent conductive oxide (TCO) coated float glass and Dyesol's dye solar cell (DSC) materials and technology.

G-Energy and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University have entered into a contract with Dyesol to supply a BIPV dye solar cell (DSC) laboratory prototyping solution. The prototype solution will enable the collaboration partners to develop glass-based DSC product based on Dyesol technology and materials.

Merck and Dyesol have announced their plans to work together to create electrolytes for use in dye solar cells (DSC). The joint agreement is slated to be an indication of the potential for future commercial agreements, which would allow Merck to manufacture existing and next generation electrolytes for DSC applications such as photovoltaic renewable energy sources.

Dyesol and Corus' joint BIPV project to commercially manufacture dye solar cells (DSC) on steel, supported by £5 million from the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), has entered the next stage. This milestone is the fifth step in achieving the goal of DSC integrated onto strip steel in a coil coating line.

Australian company, Dyesol has commenced operations in its North American subsidiary, Dyesol Inc. The company moves into the US market under the guidance of chief executive officer Marc Thomas who has been appointed for several months.