DuPont on Monday said it has acquired Innovalight, a Silicon Valley startup that makes “silicon ink” that boosts the efficiency of photovoltaic cells. The deal, whose terms were not disclosed, is the latest move by a solar startup to seek a deep-pocketed backer so it can compete in a global marketplace increasingly dominated by Chinese … read more here
Articles Tagged: Solar
The One Percent Solution: How Innovalight’s Silicon Ink Makes Solar Panels Slightly More Efficient, and Why That’s a Huge Deal
October 6, 2010 by
Silicon Valley is a place defined by big numbers and rapid change. Since the 1960s, the number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit for the same cost has doubled every two years or so. The capacity of Flash memory chips has been increasing even faster of late, doubling every year. So … read more here
Sungevity, Founded by Greenpeace Activist, Tackles Climate Change as “The Amazon of Solar Electricity”
September 22, 2010 by
Yesterday we told you all about Recurve, a San Francisco home energy auditing and retrofitting startup whose founder argues that before energy-conscious homeowners put solar panels on the roof, they should focus on fixing what’s under it—poor insulation, leaky ducts and windows, inefficient HVAC systems, and the like. But let’s assume you’ve done all that. … read more here
Sungevity Prospers on its Ideals, Selling Solar Panels
September 13, 2010 by
As a former environmental activist, Danny Kennedy, 39, says he is “probably more missionary than mercenary” when it comes to clean energy. Still, the founder of Sungevity, a Berkeley (Calif.)-based company that sells solar power panels for homes, is “entirely comfortable with the fact that we’re going to make a killing in this industry.” Coal, … read more here
Home energy audits: doctor’s checkups for a house
August 4, 2010 by
Jim Alexander, a real estate agent in Atlanta, decided this summer to subject his own 11-year-old house to an energy audit. “If this was something I was going to recommend to my clients I wanted to see for myself how it works,” he says. His verdict: “Home energy audits are going to change the way … read more here
Innovalight Signs with Yingli for Second Chinese Solar Deal
July 26, 2010 by
Innovalight has signed a research and production deal with Yingli Green Energy that, ideally, will lead to a marriage of low-cost Chinese manufacturing and U.S. technological expertise. Innovalight has developed a solar ink that, when added to crystalline silicon solar cells, can boost their efficiency. Right now, adding Innovalight’s secret sauce increases efficiency by about … read more here
