Photovoltaic Cell Research and Development Businesses in the United States


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Spectrolab, Inc. - Plextronics, Inc. - First Solar, Inc. - Solarmer Energy, Inc. - NanoGram Corporation - Solexant - Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. - 1366 Technologies - EMCORE Corporation - Innovalight, Inc. - Global Solar Energy, Inc. - Institute of Energy Conversion - XsunX, Inc. - Primestar Solar - American Institute of Renewable Energy (AIRE) - Amonix, Inc. - Douglas Ruby, Ph. D. - Enerize Corporation - Indium Corporation - Sandia National Laboratories Photovoltaic Program - Solar Energy Systems, Inc. - Special Materials Research and Technology, Inc. - Sun Flare Systems Inc. - Sunrise Source Incorporated - XC3 International - PV Solar Modules: Prototyping & Custom Design - Caroline County Virginia - Gratings, Inc. - PV Software -

Spectrolab, Inc.

Spectrolab, founded in 1956, has been supplying solar cells and panels to the space industry for 40 years. Pioneer 1, launched in 1958, carried the first body-mounted panels used in space. The following year, Explorer 6 used Spectrolab products and was the first satellite to use solar arrays instead of body-mounted panels. Spectrolab is headquartered in Sylmar, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. It also is a leading supplier of searchlights and solar simulators.

Business type: manufacturer
Product types: photovoltaic cells and panels, concentrator photovoltaic cells and receiver modules, photovoltaic systems, solar simulators.
Service types: research services
Address: 12500 Gladstone Avenue, Sylmar, California USA 91342
Telephone: 818-365-4611
FAX: 818-361-5102
Web Site: http://www.spectrolab.com
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Plextronics, Inc.

Plextronics, Inc. is an international technology company that specializes in printed solar, lighting and other electronics. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, the company's focus is on organic solar cell and OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) lighting, specifically the conductive inks and process technologies that enable those and other similar applications.

Business type: manufacturer
Product types: photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic modules, dye solar cell.
Service types: research services
Address: 2180 William Pitt Way, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA 15238
Telephone: (412) 423-2030
FAX: (412) 423-2039
Web Site: http://www.plextronics.com
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First Solar, Inc.

By enabling clean, renewable electricity at lower costs, First Solar is providing a sustainable alternative to conventional energy sources. This goal has driven First Solar to become one of the fastest growing manufacturers of solar modules in the world. First Solar FS Series 2 PV Modules represent the latest advancements in solar module technology, and are rapidly driving the cost of solar electricity to rates comparable with traditional fossil fuel-based energy sources.

Stock Symbol: NASDAQ : FSLR
Address: 350 West Washington Street, 6th Floor, Tempe, Arizona USA 85281
Telephone: 602-414-9300
Web Site: http://www.firstsolar.com

Solarmer Energy, Inc.

Solarmer Energy Inc. is a developer of transparent, flexible plastic solar panels, the next wave in generating renewable energy from the sun. These solar panels are opening the door for a wide range of new application areas in renewable energy, which are not currently addressable with conventional silicon solar panel technology. Our company's solar panels have the potential to reduce the cost of renewable energy down to 12-15 cents/kWh and less than $1/Watt, which means plastic solar panels will be the first in solar capable of generating electricity on par with conventional fuel costs. Solarmer was founded in 2006 to commercialize this technology, which was developed by Professor Yang Yang at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. T...

Business type: manufacturer
Product types: photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic modules, dye solar cell, organic solar cell.
Service types: research services
Address: 3445 Fletcher Av, El Monte, California USA 91731
Telephone: 626-456-8090
FAX: 626-456-8082
Web Site: http://www.solarmer.com
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NanoGram Corporation

NanoGram Solar is developing an innovative and cost-effective photovoltaic technology based on large area, multi-crystalline silicon foils. In 2008, NanoGram received the Energy Innovator Award from the US Department of Energyâ s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for its patented lift-off SilFoilâ � photovoltaic technology. Production of SilFoil modules will begin in 2010 in the Milpitas production facility where 5 megawatts of capacity is planned, followed by 50 megawatts at a location to be announced later.

Business type: manufacturer
Product types: photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic modules.
Service types: research services
Address: 165 Topaz St. , Milpitas, California USA 95035
Telephone: 408-719-5300
Web Site: http://www.nanogram.com

Solexant

Solexant is a well funded start-up developing third generation thin film PV technologies which dramatically increase solar cell efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs, therefore enabling the commercialization of solar modules that generate electricity at competitive rates without depending on government subsidies. Using printable nano-material technologies exclusively licensed from leading universities, Solexantâ s flexible solar cells harvest energy from the entire solar spectrum.

Business type: manufacturer
Product types: photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic cells thin film CIGS.
Service types: research services
Address: 2385 Bering Dr. , San Jose, California USA 95131
Telephone: 408. 240. 8900
FAX: 408. 240. 8901
Web Site: http://www.solexant.com
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc.

Ascent Solar was formed by ITN in order to commercialize CIGS Photovoltaic technology. Since 1994 ITN has performed approximately 35 contracts for private and government entities in advanced PV technologies. Government sponsors of these contracts include the U. S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the National Science Foundation, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Missile Defense Agency and NASA. Through its work on these contracts, ITN has developed useful and proprietary processing and manufacturing know-how applicable to PV products generally and CIGS PV products in particular, including the creation and adoption of key processing technologies and the development of a monolithic inte...

Business type: manufacturer
Product types: photovoltaic cells thin film copper indium gallium diselenide CIGS, photovoltaic modules thin film copper indium gallium diselenide CIGS, building integrated photovoltaic systems.
Service types: research services
Address: 12300 Grant Street, Thornton, Colorado USA 80241
Telephone: 720-872-5000
FAX: 720-872-5077
Web Site: http://www.ascentsolar.com

1366 Technologies

1366 Technologies produces new manufacturing processes to lower the cost of silicon solar cells. Among others we have developed proprietary new cell architecture for multi-crystalline solar cells. We are currently in the process of implementing this architecture in our pilot plant. We are working with licensees to implement our more efficient and cost effective process in their plants.

Product types: photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic cell materials, photovoltaic cell manufacturing equipment.
Service types: consulting, research services
Address: 45 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts USA 02421
Telephone: +1.617.448.8828
Web Site: http://1366tech.com

EMCORE Corporation

EMCORE's solar cell manufacturing division designs and manufactures multi-junction compound semiconductor solar cells for military and commercial satellite applications. Located in Albuquerque, NM, EMCORE's solar cell division operates from a 50,000 square foot facility, utilizing a fully automated manufacturing system that monitors production processes, uses electronic run cards and provides real-time production rates and yields for process engineering. The facility has the capacity of approximately 200kW of power per year, with the ability to expand capacity rapidly. With well-established partnerships with major satellite manufacturers and a proven qualification process, EMCORE will play a vital role in the evolution of telecommunications and data communications around the world.

Business type: manufacturer, wholesale supplier
Product types: photovoltaic cells, multi-junction compound semiconductor solar cells for military and comercial satellite applications.
Service types: research services
Address: 10420 Research Road SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA 87123
Telephone: +1 505 332 5000
FAX: +1 505 332 5038
Web Site: http://www.emcore.com
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Innovalight, Inc.

Innovalight is focused on bringing high efficiency, low-cost solar modules to the marketplace. Enabling this manufacturing paradigm shift is the companyâ s silicon ink, which has been in development since 2002. Historically, silicon has been processed either as a solid or as a gas. Using liquid based processing Innovalight will dramatically improve the cost and efficiency of todayâ s solar modules.

Business type: manufacturer
Product types: photovoltaic cells thin film, photovoltaic modules thin film.
Service types: research services
Address: 965 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, California USA 94085
Telephone: 408-419-4400
FAX: 408-419-4758
Web Site: http://www.innovalight.com
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Global Solar Energy, Inc.

Global Solar is the only manufacturer in full-scale production of CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium (di)Selenide) PV cells on a flexible substrate. The Company is dedicated to constantly improving the efficiency of its solar cells and overall manufacturing process. Global Solar achieved 10% average solar cell efficiency�the first CIGS company to reach this milestone in a production environment. Global Solar deposits CIGS on flexible, stainless-steel substrate via a roll-to-roll process. The Company's advanced machinery design decreases manufacturing costs by streamlining CIGS production, increasing throughput and improving material utilization.

Business type: CIGS PV Cell Manufacturer and CIGS PV Module Manufacturer
Product types: CIGS PV Modules for foldable SUNLINQ and P3, also Glass and OEM product lines.
Service types: Manufacturing
Address: 5575 S Houghton Dr, Tucson, Arizona USA 85747
Telephone: 520.546.6313
FAX: 520.546.6318
Web Site: http://www.globalsolar.com
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Institute of Energy Conversion

A multidisciplinary laboratory devoted to research and development of thin-film photovoltaic cells.

Business type: nonprofit organization, research organization
Product types: thin-film solar photovoltaic cells (PV cells).
Service types: research and development, consulting
Address: University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware USA 19716
Telephone: (302) 831-6200
FAX: (302) 831-6226
Web Site: http://www.udel.edu/iec/index.html
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XsunX, Inc.

XsunX, Inc., an established solar energy company, is developing a breakthrough thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) cross-industry technology that may soon utilize the excess manufacturing capacity of the hard disc drive (HDD) industry to mass produce high efficiency, low cost solar cells to truly capture the power of the sun.

Business type: manufacturer
Product types: photovoltaic cells thin film, photovoltaic modules thin film.
Service types: research services
Address: 65 Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, California USA 92656
Telephone: 949-330-8060
FAX: 949-330-8061
Web Site: http://www.xsunx.com
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Primestar Solar

PrimeStar Solar is a manufacturer of high performance thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules. We are scaling up our proprietary semiconductor technology for low cost high volume manufacturing. Our modules will be deployed in large scale solar PV power plants and will efficiently tap into the vast energy potential of the sun. They will produce environmentally friendly renewable electricity that is economically competitive with electric power generated from conventional fossil fuels.

Business type: manufacturer
Product types: photovoltaic cells, thin film CdTe photovoltaic modules.
Address: 14401 West 65th Way, Unit B, Arvada, Colorado USA 80004
Telephone: 303-278-3180
FAX: 303-736-4224
Web Site: http://www.primestarsolar.com
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American Institute of Renewable Energy (AIRE)

American Institute of Renewable Energy (AIRE) is an alternative energy research, development training and technology company. Solar training, weatherization trainings and green IT training programs are creating green jobs across the country.

Product types: photovoltaic systems, solar thermal energy, energy efficient homes and buildings, photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic modules, packaged power systems.
Service types: installation, education and training services, research services, certification services
Address: 416 North H Street, San Bernardino, California USA 92410
Telephone: 888-543-2473
Web Site: http://www.aire-online.com/
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Amonix, Inc.

Amonix designs and manufactures concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems which require no water, use land more efficiently, and produce more energy per acre than any other solar technology. Amonix was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Seal Beach, CA, with additional facilities in Torrance, CA.

Business type: manufacturer
Product types: sun concentrating photovoltaic systems, photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic systems, utility scale PV cells and systems.
Service types: design, engineering, research services
Address: 3425 Fujita Street, Torrance, California USA 90505
Telephone: 310-325-8091
FAX: 310-325-0771
Web Site: http://www.amonix.com

Douglas Ruby, Ph. D.

Douglas Ruby, Ph. D., Consultant to the Photovoltaics Industry Specializing in PV cell and system design and performance modeling, PV cell and module test procedures, measurement protocols and performance analysis, PV cell and module fabrication process development.

Business type: Consultant to the Photovoltaics Industry
Product types: photovoltaic cell performance analysis, photovoltaic cell design and fabrication expertise. .
Service types: consulting, design, research services
Address: 9637 Messervy Ave NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA 87109
Telephone: 505-821-0982
Web Site: http://www.pvexpert.com
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Enerize Corporation

Enerize Corporation is an emerging technology company founded by renewable energy industry veterans. The Company develops and markets proprietary quality assurance equipment for real time applications in the manufacture of the renewable energy devices. Enerize Corp. also develops advanced designs and high performance, low cost materials used in solar cells, lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells and supercapacitors. The Enerize Corp. management team is comprised of executives and board members with decades of expertise in the renewable energy technology and business development. The company intellectual property includes more than twenty US and international patents and patent applications in areas critical to the advancement of the renewable en...

Business type: manufacturer
Product types: batteries rechargeable, battery testing equipment, fuel cells proton exchange membrane (PEM), meters and measuring equipment, photovoltaic cell testing equipment, photovoltaic cells, nondestructive quality control methods and equipment, lithium and lithium-ion batteries, lithium manganese dioxide batteries, lithium polymer batteries, solar cell des....
Service types: consulting, design, engineering, project development services, research services
Address: 4956 Rothschild Drive, Coral Springs, Florida USA 33067
Telephone: 954-600-6536
FAX: 954-752-7314
Web Site: http://www.enerize.com
E-mail: Send Email to Enerize Corporation

Indium Corporation

Indium Corporation offers solar products and evaporation materials that improve many solar photovoltaic applications. The solar products include tabbing/bus ribbons, sputtering targets, ITO powder, thermal evaporation materials, and low temperature metallization paste.

Business type: manufacturer, wholesale supplier
Product types: photovoltaic cell materials, photovoltaic cells string ribbon silicon, photovoltaic module connectors, photovoltaic module manufacturing equipment sputtering equipment thin-film, photovoltaic modules.
Service types: design, engineering, research services
Address: 34 Robinson Rd. , Clinton, New York USA 13323
Telephone: 315-853-4900
FAX: 800-221-5759
Web Site: http://www.indium.com/solar/
E-mail: Send Email to Indium Corporation

Sandia National Laboratories Photovoltaic Program

Business type: nonprofit organization, government organization, research organization
Product types: photovoltaic cells (PV cells, solar cells), photovoltaic modules (PV modules, solar panels).
Service types: research and development
Address: USA
Web Site: http://www.sandia.gov/pv

Solar Energy Systems, Inc.

The design and installation of solar electric systems. From site analysis, design, permitting, installation and inter-connection. Offering a full line of renewable energy products.

Business type: retail sales
Product types: photovoltaic systems, solar electric power systems.
Address: 1205 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York USA 11222
Telephone: 718-389-1545
Web Site: http://www.solaresystems.com
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Special Materials Research and Technology, Inc.

Special Materials Research and Technology, INC. (SPECMAT), is a research - oriented small business focused on the room temperature wet chemical growth of oxides used in microelectronics, photonics (optoelectronics), and metal coatings.

Product types: photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic systems, photovoltaic cell materials.
Address: 16651 Sprague RD, Strongsville, Ohio USA 44136
Telephone: (216) 536-1128
Web Site: http://www.specmat.com/
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Sun Flare Systems Inc.

Sun Flare Systems Inc. has a product line like no other. Our NEW Patent Pending "Solar Sleeve System" Powered by Uni-Solar. Sun Flare Systems Inc. products will include our Patent Pending Sun Flare Solar Array Billboards both stand alone and back feed system capabilities. With Digital LED Outdoor Media Boards to come. Apart of our Renewable Energy Product Line also includes the one of a kind Sun Flare Solar Bag. Visit us at

Business type: Inovative Solar Products.
Product types: Out Patented "Sun Flare Solar Array Static and Led Digital Billboard". Our Patented "Sun Flare Solar Sleeve" Our Sleeve Systems adapts to any structure with out obstructive Monocrystalline Panels. Take our our Patented "Sun Flare Solar Bag" into the woods, camping, hunting, and anywhere you would like to have 120Volt of pure A/C Power. .
Service types: design, project development services, research services
Address: 6617 77th Place N. E. , Marysville, Washington USA 98270
Telephone: 1-250-307-5242
Web Site: http://www.sunflaresystems.com
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Sunrise Source Incorporated

Sunrise Source Incorporated is a Global distributor of high quality Solar Photovoltaic equipment at the lowest prices available in the USA and abroad. We specialize in manufacturing components required for Solar Energy Generating projects and other Renewable Energy and Environmentally friendly technologies.

Business type: manufacturer, wholesale supplier, exporter, importer
Product types: photovoltaic modules, photovoltaic systems commercial, solar water heating systems, sun concentrating photovoltaic systems, wind power plants, photovoltaic modules thin film.
Service types: consulting, design, project development services
Address: 4759 Huckleberry Road, Orefield, Pennsylvania USA 18069
Telephone: 001-484-241-8549
Web Site: http://importsolar.com

XC3 International - PV Solar Modules: Prototyping & Custom Design

The Founder of XC3 has been in the PV industry since the 1980's. XC3 was founded in 2005 catering to the growing European PV market. Our business model is simple and very effective. We have leveraged our extensive experience in the solar industry for the benefit of our clients. The importation of solar panels from the USA to Europe is attractive due to high demand and favorable exchange rates.

Business type: PV Solar Modules: Prototyping & Custom Design
Product types: XC3I Solar uses proprietary encapsulating technology to manufacture and integrate custom-engineered solar modules for the growing wireless telecommunications and portable electronics markets. Polymer encapsulated modules are weather-and-impact resistant and mechanically and electrically configured to integrate into your product. This technology is ....
Service types: PV Solar Modules: Prototyping & Custom Design
Address: 5666 La Jolla Blvd # 122, La Jolla, California USA 92037
Telephone: 858-337-7950
FAX: 858-270-7155
Web Site: http://xc3i.com/manufacturing.html
E-mail: Send Email to XC3 International - PV Solar Modules: Prototyping & Custom Design

Caroline County Virginia

Business type: manufacturer, exporter, importer
Product types: batteries lithium ion, electric cars, fuel cell systems, geothermal energy systems, photovoltaic cells, wind turbines (large), Ready to go manufacturing sites with Interstate Highway and Rail--East Coast US, Labor, Fiber, Tech Zone.
Service types: design, construction, project development services, site survey and assessment services
Address: 23724 Rogers Clark Blvd, Ruther Glen, Virginia USA 22546
Telephone: 804. 644. 4074
FAX: 804. 633. 2489

Gratings, Inc.

Business type: manufacturer
Product types: photovoltaic cells, photovoltaic cell manufacturing equipment, photovoltaic cell materials.
Address: 2700-B Broadbent Parkway NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA 87107
Telephone: 505-345-9564

PV Software

Business type: service
Product types: photovoltaic cells (PV cells), photovoltaic modules (PV modules), solar energy design software.
Service types: research and development, system design, consulting services
Address: 767 Kupulau Drive, Kihei, Hawaii USA 96753
Telephone: 808-879-7880

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