Companies of Interest:
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www.sunrgi.com
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Sunrgi, lens focused solar system that creates energy at 5 cents per
kwh. Should be available in 2009...Very promising...
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www.coolearthsolar.com
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Cool Earth Inflated Solar Concentrators. When inflated with air,
the concentrator naturally forms a shape that focuses or
concentrates sunlight onto a PV cell placed at the focal point.
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www.biosolar.com
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BioSolar, Inc. has developed a bio-based product made from castor
beans and cotton that replaces petroleum-based plastic photovoltaic
backsheets.
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www.solyndra.com
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Solyndra designs and manufactures photovoltaic systems for the
commercial rooftop market. Using proprietary 'cylindrical' solar
panel modules and thin-film technology, provide the low installed
cost per system and the highest solar electrical energy output for
typical low slope commercial rooftops- steadfast in wind.
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1366tech.com
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1366 Technologies has developed proprietary new textured cell
architecture, thinner silver wires and etched collection wires for
multi-crystalline solar cells.
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www.emcore.com
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Emcore. Multi-Junction technology using optical lenses and
mirrors concentrated onto small PV cells.
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nanosolar.com
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Nanosolar has developed a proprietary process technology that
makes it possible to produce 100x thinner solar cells 100x faster.
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www.avasolar.com
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AVA Solar Will begin large scale manufacture of cadmium
telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic modules in 2009.
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www.soliant-energy.com
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Soliant Energy. Rooftop solar concentrator (500x) has built-in
dual-axis tracking to optimize power output by accurately
following the sun throughout the day. 40% efficiency. So far,
commercial applications only.
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starsolar.net
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StarSolar- Improving Solar Cells Through Photonics- uses
nanoscale full-wave optics to achieve superior light trapping.
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www.solar.tm
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RSi Energy Group (Rainbow Solar)- Transparent photovoltaic
windows, which depending on size, generate 80 - 250 watts each.
They also block 100 percent UV and infrared radiation.
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