Cleantech Update

Miasole was founded by veterans of the hard disk industry with founder Dave Pearce who leveraged their expertise in hard disk manufacturing to introduce new manufacturing processes into the thin-film solar industry. In December 2006, the company's CEO announced that 50MW of manufacturing capacity as well as an IPO is imminent but the company failed to deliver on the milestone. In September 2007, semiconductor equipment executive Joseph Laia was brought in as CEO to move the company to volume production. The company has 40 MW of production capacity at its Santa Clara facility, and claims that as of May 2008 it was making modules at 9% to 10% efficiencies on those production tools. NREL has since independently verified two 10% Miasole CIGS modules. At this time, none of the company's founders is with the company any longer. Kannan Ramanathan, who served as chief research officer at Miasolé from 2006 to 2008 has left the company in November 2008. Dave Pearce stepped...

aleo solar AG today announced its successful expansion into Asia, where it now operates a third production location. The company celebrated the inauguration of the solar module production at avim solar production Co. Ltd . in the Chinese city of Gaomi (Shandong province ). Both aleo solar AG and the Chinese Sunvim Group Co. Ltd . hold an interest of 50 percent each in the joint venture. The first of four production lines in Gaomi is already manufacturing aleo modules. In mid-2009, a production capacity of at least 50 megawatts will be available. Together with the parent factory in Prenzlau (Brandenburg) and the Spanish production facility near Barcelona, this will bring the total capacity of aleo solar AG to 250 megawatts in 2009. Certified by VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik e.V. (VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies), all three production plants manufacture aleo modules in the highest quality. avim solar producti...