tandem pv

PV Tech sits down with Scott Wharton, CEO of Tandem PV, to discuss its plans for perovskite tandem solar modules and its roots in Silicon Valley.

California-based start-up Tandem PV has been awarded a US Department of Energy grant to accelerate the commercial scale-up of its perovskite PV technology.

Tandem PV has acquired fellow nexTC, which develops thin-film metal oxide coating processes for use in tandem solar modules.

Two US solar companies have made advances in perovskite-silicon solar module production this week, with claims that they mark a step towards making the long-discussed technology commercially viable.

The CEC has awarded a US$4 million grant to perovskite developer Tandem PV to test its perovskite-silicon tandem solar panels.

The investment will allow the company to build a commercial-scale perovskite manufacturing plant in the US.

US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar has agreed to pursue further thin-film technology development with Germany’s Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW).

Tandem PV has secured US$6 million to advance research and development and plans to build its first manufacturing plant.

California-based perovskite solar startup Caelux has closed US$12 million in Series A3 financing to support its factory expansion in Baldwin Park, California, research and development (R&D) and eventual product launch.

A consortium of Dutch and German organisations led by the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has developed a tandem solar PV module that is aimed to be introduced in European markets.