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Country: Sweden | Funding: $16M
Epishine manufactures low-power printed solar cells for sensors, electronic price tags, locks and other electronics. These solar cells require no sunlight to operate, meaning they can be used with standard room lighting, such as ambient and artificial light from lamps and other sources. Depending on ambient conditions they generate approximately 22 μW/cm² at 500 lux. They are flexible and can withstand up to 1 million bends without degradation, and are available in variety of sizes suitable for variety of applications. Key advantage is that they are composed entirely of organic materials and that os why - fully recyclable and certified to RoHS (no exceptions) and REACH. The company uses roll-to-roll printing technology for production.
Epishine manufactures low-power printed solar cells for sensors, electronic price tags, locks and other electronics. These solar cells require no sunlight to operate, meaning they can be used with standard room lighting, such as ambient and artificial light from lamps and other sources. Depending on ambient conditions they generate approximately 22 μW/cm² at 500 lux. They are flexible and can withstand up to 1 million bends without degradation, and are available in variety of sizes suitable for variety of applications. Key advantage is that they are composed entirely of organic materials and that os why - fully recyclable and certified to RoHS (no exceptions) and REACH. The company uses roll-to-roll printing technology for production.
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.5B
Qcells is a utility-scale solar developer, energy storage developer, and solar EPC provider.
Qcells is a utility-scale solar developer, energy storage developer, and solar EPC provider.
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Country: Germany | Funding: €652M
1Komma5° is aiming to offer households everything needed for a carbon neutral home, including energy storage, charging infrastructure for electric vehicles and solar.
1Komma5° is aiming to offer households everything needed for a carbon neutral home, including energy storage, charging infrastructure for electric vehicles and solar.
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Country: USA | Funding: $466.6M
SoloPower is a producer of thin-film photovoltaic cells and modules that help solar electricity generation and adapt to virtually limitless site-specific applications.
SoloPower is a producer of thin-film photovoltaic cells and modules that help solar electricity generation and adapt to virtually limitless site-specific applications.
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Country: China | Funding: $248.2M
Jinko Solar is an energy company that focuses on producing solar energy micro-crystalline silicon.
Jinko Solar is an energy company that focuses on producing solar energy micro-crystalline silicon.
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Country: Sweden | Funding: $224.2M
Exeger Sweden AB develops flexible solar cells for self-powered gadgets
Exeger Sweden AB develops flexible solar cells for self-powered gadgets
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Country: UK | Funding: $152.2M
Oxford PV is the technology leader in the field of perovskite solar cells.
Oxford PV is the technology leader in the field of perovskite solar cells.
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Country: USA | Funding: $123.7M
1366 Technologies develops high-performance silicon wafers.
1366 Technologies develops high-performance silicon wafers.
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Country: USA | Funding: $84.4M
Tandem PV provides a unique opportunity for solar to reach new heights.
Tandem PV provides a unique opportunity for solar to reach new heights.
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Country: USA | Funding: $78.5M
Ambient Photonics is a low light energy harvesting PV cells for smart home, consumer electronics, and IoT devices.
Ambient Photonics is a low light energy harvesting PV cells for smart home, consumer electronics, and IoT devices.
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Country: China | Funding: $76.1M
Daqo New Energy is engaged in the manufacturing of monocrystalline silicon (mono-Si), polysilicon (poly-Si), and silicon wafers, primarily for use in solar photovoltaic systems.
Daqo New Energy is engaged in the manufacturing of monocrystalline silicon (mono-Si), polysilicon (poly-Si), and silicon wafers, primarily for use in solar photovoltaic systems.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $53.1M
Morgan Solar develops concentrated photovoltaic module, which features the industry’s most advanced optical designs and is up to 15% more efficient than conventional solar panels, and two-axis tracker, which offers significantly higher ROI compared to conventional fixed-track systems because it can be set up and serviced manually rather than having to use cranes and heavy machinery.
Morgan Solar develops concentrated photovoltaic module, which features the industry’s most advanced optical designs and is up to 15% more efficient than conventional solar panels, and two-axis tracker, which offers significantly higher ROI compared to conventional fixed-track systems because it can be set up and serviced manually rather than having to use cranes and heavy machinery.
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Country: China | Funding: $50M
ET Solar Group is a Chinese photovoltaic company providing solar modules and related photovoltaic solutions worldwide.
ET Solar Group is a Chinese photovoltaic company providing solar modules and related photovoltaic solutions worldwide.
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Country: USA
Bila Solar produces innovatile glassless, frameless solar moduls. They combine the proven benefits of crystalline silicon solar cells with patented aerospace composites.
Bila Solar produces innovatile glassless, frameless solar moduls. They combine the proven benefits of crystalline silicon solar cells with patented aerospace composites.
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Country: USA | Funding: $50.4M
Swift Solar is developing lightweight, flexible, and highly efficient solar panels based on perovskite semiconductors.
Swift Solar is developing lightweight, flexible, and highly efficient solar panels based on perovskite semiconductors.
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Country: France | Funding: €37.1M
A welded team, always ready to help others, listen, release challenges to build the success story.
A welded team, always ready to help others, listen, release challenges to build the success story.
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Country: USA | Funding: $38.2M
Next Energy Technologies is a manufacturer of organic photovoltaic coatings.
Next Energy Technologies is a manufacturer of organic photovoltaic coatings.
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Country: USA | Funding: $38.4M
mPower Technology is an innovative solar cell technology startup.They are an experienced team of technology innovators and industry veterans out to shape the future of solar power around the globe.
mPower Technology is an innovative solar cell technology startup.They are an experienced team of technology innovators and industry veterans out to shape the future of solar power around the globe.
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Country: USA | Funding: $31M
Merlin develops novel solar panels that are significantly lighter than a typical glass panels and their flexible nature changes how and where they can be installed. The panels come with an adhesive on the pack, so they can be attached to surfaces just like a child’s sticker.
Merlin develops novel solar panels that are significantly lighter than a typical glass panels and their flexible nature changes how and where they can be installed. The panels come with an adhesive on the pack, so they can be attached to surfaces just like a child’s sticker.
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Country: USA | Funding: $28.2M
Toledo Solar produces the finest CdTe Thin Cell Solar panels, which are designed for a variety of uses from homes and small businesses to large power-generating facilities.
Toledo Solar produces the finest CdTe Thin Cell Solar panels, which are designed for a variety of uses from homes and small businesses to large power-generating facilities.
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Country: Switzerland | Funding: $25.9M
Insolight is an energy company that develops and manufactures solar panels. The technology, called planar optical micro-tracking, allows to concentrate sunlight on tiny solar cells, without any tilt. This makes the use of high efficiency space-grade solar cells affordable, whereas normally there are too expensive to be spread on the full sunlit area.
Insolight is an energy company that develops and manufactures solar panels. The technology, called planar optical micro-tracking, allows to concentrate sunlight on tiny solar cells, without any tilt. This makes the use of high efficiency space-grade solar cells affordable, whereas normally there are too expensive to be spread on the full sunlit area.
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Country: Greece | Funding: €9.6M
Brite Solar produces solar-energy-generating glass that allows 80% of light to pass through, making it suitable for use in places like greenhouses, homes and office buildings, while also producing green energy.
Brite Solar produces solar-energy-generating glass that allows 80% of light to pass through, making it suitable for use in places like greenhouses, homes and office buildings, while also producing green energy.
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Country: Switzerland | Funding: $8M
SmartHelio wants to be the doctor for solar plants. We make solar plants greener using proprietary Edge sensor and intelligent software.
SmartHelio wants to be the doctor for solar plants. We make solar plants greener using proprietary Edge sensor and intelligent software.
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Country: USA | Funding: $5.7M
Bert Thin Films is a manufacturer of CuBert, a copper-based paste is producing working samples of the paste applied to mini-panels.
Bert Thin Films is a manufacturer of CuBert, a copper-based paste is producing working samples of the paste applied to mini-panels.
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Country: Bulgaria | Funding: €3.5M
AE Solar Horizon produces Tier-1 photovoltaic (PV) panels
AE Solar Horizon produces Tier-1 photovoltaic (PV) panels
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Country: Norway | Funding: $3.3M
Breakthrough vertical solar energy units´for flat and green roofs
Breakthrough vertical solar energy units´for flat and green roofs
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Country: Netherlands | Funding: $218.2K
Mesoline commercialises the world’s highest performance front contact technology for solar cells with effectively transparent contacts (ETC). The company has developed a new way of making solar cells that are cheaper and accelerate the global adoption of photovoltaics.
Mesoline commercialises the world’s highest performance front contact technology for solar cells with effectively transparent contacts (ETC). The company has developed a new way of making solar cells that are cheaper and accelerate the global adoption of photovoltaics.
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Country: USA | Funding: $2.5M
BlueDot Photonics is committed to finding new ways to harvest, manipulate and transform light using unique materials and simple manufacturing techniques.
BlueDot Photonics is committed to finding new ways to harvest, manipulate and transform light using unique materials and simple manufacturing techniques.
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Country: Switzerland | Funding: £1M
GraphEnergyTech integrates graphene material into solar cells as a substitute for precious metals.
GraphEnergyTech integrates graphene material into solar cells as a substitute for precious metals.
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Country: USA | Funding: $500K
SoFab Inks' technology improves perovskite panels by replacing expensive photovoltaic materials with a liquified “ink.” This more cost-effective, high-performance liquid can be deposited as one of the conductive layers of a solar cell called charge transport layers that allow electrons to move and produce electricity.
SoFab Inks' technology improves perovskite panels by replacing expensive photovoltaic materials with a liquified “ink.” This more cost-effective, high-performance liquid can be deposited as one of the conductive layers of a solar cell called charge transport layers that allow electrons to move and produce electricity.
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Country: France | Funding: €460K
G Lyte Offers electrolytes solutions improving the stability and efficiency of DSSC.
G Lyte Offers electrolytes solutions improving the stability and efficiency of DSSC.
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Country: India | Funding: ₹24M
Renkube is a renewable energy startup that offers an innovative glass that increases the efficiency of photovoltaic solar panels by 20 percent.
Renkube is a renewable energy startup that offers an innovative glass that increases the efficiency of photovoltaic solar panels by 20 percent.
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Country: Italy
Active Surfaces are the high-performing surfaces, designed and developed by Iris Ceramica Group, that are taking ceramics to new heights thanks to their superior technical properties.
Active Surfaces are the high-performing surfaces, designed and developed by Iris Ceramica Group, that are taking ceramics to new heights thanks to their superior technical properties.
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Country: Italia
Levante develops an origami-inspired solar panel deployable portable and modular designed for mobility usage to create energy anywhere you are
Levante develops an origami-inspired solar panel deployable portable and modular designed for mobility usage to create energy anywhere you are
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Country: Luxembourg
Maana Electric has developed a machine to locally produce solar panels for large-scale solar parks, as well as novel solutions for building integrated PV. Its systems can fit within shipping containers, allowing them to be transported to deserts across the globe and produce clean renewable energy there.
Maana Electric has developed a machine to locally produce solar panels for large-scale solar parks, as well as novel solutions for building integrated PV. Its systems can fit within shipping containers, allowing them to be transported to deserts across the globe and produce clean renewable energy there.
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Country: USA
Asoleyo is redesigning solar cells — using the artistic principles of symmetry, rhythm and line to transform the utilitarian rectangular grid of their silver electrical contacts.
Asoleyo is redesigning solar cells — using the artistic principles of symmetry, rhythm and line to transform the utilitarian rectangular grid of their silver electrical contacts.
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Country: USA
AdaptiveWaves is a pioneering optical thin films coatings. We specialize in quantum optics, specializing in Quantum Confinement Resonant Cavities.
AdaptiveWaves is a pioneering optical thin films coatings. We specialize in quantum optics, specializing in Quantum Confinement Resonant Cavities.
