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United Solar Ovonic Awarded $9.1M Contract

United Solar Ovonic LLC, a leader in thin-film amorphous-silicon solar technology and a subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) (Nasdaq: ENER) announced the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, has exercised an 18-month contractual option for $9.1 million with United Solar Ovonic to develop new solar cell technology to be used in space and airship vehicles addressing defense and homeland security applications. Today’s announcement builds upon the success of earlier contracts with the Air Force. Since May 2003, United Solar Ovonic has been working with the Advanced Space Power Generation Group in the Space Vehicles Directorate of AFRL to develop ultralightweight solar arrays on thin stainless steel foils and polymers for use in space and airship vehicles. Solar cells on thin stainless steel foil are already being tested in AFRL experimental missions such as TacSat-2 satellite, which was launched in December, 2006. UNI-SOLAR® space photovoltaic (PV) products offer an ultralight, low- cost alternative to conventional space PV modules made of crystalline silicon or gallium arsenide. UNI-SOLAR® triple-junction modules, originally developed for terrestrial applications, are made of amorphous silicon-based thin-film alloys, which are deposited on a 5-mil flexible stainless steel substrate. By utilizing a polymeric […]

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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:March 15, 2007

News and EventsDOE to Award up to $168 Million to 13 Solar Energy Projects Solar Cell Researchers Awarded Prestigious Dan David Prize DOE Loan Guarantee Applications Led by Renewable, Efficiency Projects New Mexico Mandates More Renewable Power and Helps to Transmit It Hybrid Concept Vehicles Point to the Future for Honda and Toyota Bad Props Threaten Record Attempt by Biodiesel-Fueled Boat Energy ConnectionsEU Agrees to Cut Greenhouse Emissions and Boost Clean Energy by 2020 News and EventsDOE to Award up to $168 Million to 13 Solar Energy ProjectsDOE announced last week that it has selected 13 industry-led solar technology projects to negotiate for up to $168 million in funding starting in the current fiscal year (2007) through fiscal year 2009. The teams will share more than 50 percent of the project costs, for a total value of up to $357 million over three years. The projects will help to increase the annual U.S. production capacity for photovoltaic (PV) systems from the 2005 level of 240 megawatts to 2,850 megawatts by 2010. Such an increase could reduce the cost of electricity produced by PV systems from the current level of 18 to 23 cents per kilowatt-hour to a more competitive 5 […]

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