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Holy Solar thin-film funding: SoloPower raises $200M?

12 September 2008 | News From Around The Web > Thin Film | Source: earth2tech.com/

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In the past couple weeks there’s been news of hundreds of millions pumped into thin-film solar startups, with both Nanosolar and AVA Solar announcing massive rounds. Well, it’s not over yet, folks. This morning Venture Wire says that thin film solar player SoloPower has raised a grand ol’ $200 million to scale manufacturing up at a 100-megawatt-per-year plant. Read the full story >>

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