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New factory for solar production and thin film products announced
HelioVolt Corporation has announced it has closed $77 million in Series B financing. Funds will be used to build HelioVolt Corporation's first factory and bring Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) thin film enabled solar products to market.
HelioVolt Corporation has announced it has closed $77 million in Series B financing. Funds will be used to build HelioVolt Corporation's first factory and bring Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) thin film enabled solar products to market."CIGS thin film is emerging as one of the most exciting frontiers in solar technology. We believe that HelioVolt has the technical understanding and market vision to achieve near term successes and deliver on long term potential," said Ken Pentimonti, principal at Paladin Capital Group. "Given the enormous promise of low-cost CIGS thin film, we are more than pleased to have a HelioVolt in our portfolio."Nadim Barakat, Managing Director at Credit Suisse and the general partner of the Masdar Clean Tech Fund, added, "With significant market opportunities emerging across today's entire renewable energy sector, HelioVolt's proprietary FASST manufacturing process represents the breakthrough that can establish solar energy as the most economical – and practical – choice for distributed electricity generation.""Clean energy is a global need, and we are proud to have the support of a premier group of financial and market partners as we target those international markets," said B.J. Stanbery, Ph.D., CEO of HelioVolt. "This funding round marks the next step in our sustained path toward developing and delivering streamlined CIGS-based systems for both conventional solar modules and building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products."Building off of founder and CEO Dr. B.J. Stanbery's experience with high-efficiency photovoltaics, HelioVolt is commercialising its FASST process to manufacture CIGS, a natural, efficient photovoltaic material.
