Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of lightweight and flexible thin-film photovoltaic solutions headquartered in Thornton, Colorado, announced that it has secured a major contract from an Asian customer to supply its high-voltage, superlight thin-film module for an advanced aerospace application.
Europe’s first solar concrete wall has recently been inaugurated at the headquarters of German-based RECKLI GmbH, a supplier of elastic formliners, formworks and elastomers in the construction sub-supplier industry. The façade, designed by RECKLI to fit the HeliaFilm solar film from Heliatek GmbH, represents a novel approach to BIOPV (Building Integrated Organic Photovoltaics). Heliatek is located in Dresden and specialises in organic electronics energy generation.