There are hundreds of solar power news stories a day. We can’t cover the vast majority of them. Below are a few top solar power stories that we didn’t quite cover but thought shouldn’t be missed. Enjoy. Largest solar PPA in South America The longest term and largest solar PPA … [continued]
The super thin film solar technology of Colorado-based Ascent Solar was nurtured along in part by US taxpayers through the Energy Department during the Obama Administration, and now the company has won a juicy slot for in a high profile, “solar sail” deep space project.
Here’s some more solar and wind electricity news, as well as analysis and commentary, from around the cleantech interwebs: Layman’s Guide to the Value of PV Solar The PV solar industry is experiencing explosive growth and many homeowners and business owners are being approached by solar companies to buy or lease … [continued]
Ascent Solar, a thin-film developer of consumer, commercial, and military solar products out of Colorado, US, revealed its 2014 fourth quarter and full-year financial results Wednesday, and it was a good news/bad news day for the company. The company raked in total revenue for the fourth quarter of $2.4 million, … [continued]
The prominent flexible thin-film solar cell module developer/manufacturer Ascent Solar Technologies recently came to an agreement with Best Buy that will see the company’s EnerPlex™ line of products available on the retail company’s website, effective immediately. The move represents a notable step in the growing mainstreaming of solar energy technologies. Given … [continued]
The noted flexible thin-film photovoltaic cell manufacturer Ascent Solar Technologies recently won a contract from Vanguard Space Technologies for the provision of said solar cells to be used in two Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) programs. These flexible, lightweight, thin-film solar cells will be used, along with proprietary space environment protection technology … [continued]
Editor’s Note: We’ve had our eye on Ascent Solar for a long time. Its flexible solar modules have been used by the Denver Broncos, on smartphones, on backpacks, on tents, and more. We also keep an eye on interesting stories about drones. Google has just bought a solar drone company, which … [continued]
We’ve written about football teams going solar before (the New York Giants, New York Jets, Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins, New England Patriots, and San Francisco 49ers), but this new partnership between the Denver Broncos and Ascent Solar throws a twist on things. Check out the news in this Solar Love … [continued]
Ascent Solar Technologies was selected for the Air Force SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) Phase 2 award to demonstrate its next flexible lightweight photovoltaic technology built upon its existing flexible, monolithically integrated, thin-film CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide) one. The Air Force SBIR Phase 2 program is expected to … [continued]
Here’s a new solar-powered consumer tech product to check out. The new Solab autonomous thin-film solar battery charger is the byproduct of a collaboration between Ascent Solar in Colorado and Germany’s CTC GmbH. The flexible solar panel is designed to be used in a variety of ways. It has settings for … [continued]
