Xtreme Energetics’ ultra-efficient, pretty solar systems catch HP’s eye
Hewlett-Packard, tapping into its IP back catalog, recently announced that it would license its thin film transparent transistor technology to Livermore, Calif.-based Xtreme Energetics (XE) to develop advanced concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar arrays for rooftops and utilities.
HP’s thin, flat transistors, which are made of cheap, plentiful zinc and tin, will create a tracking system that directly focuses sunlight on XE’s proprietary solar concentrators. These will allow XE’s concentrators to achieve double the conversion efficiency of… Continue Reading
Solar concentrator company, Silicon Valley Solar, raises $10.2M
Silicon Valley Solar, a Santa Clara, Calif. maker of manufacturer of internal concentrator solar modules that it says allows solar power systems to get by with half the number of solar cells, has raised $10.2 million in a first round of financing.
Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, the company said in its statement (see here). It did not disclose names of other investors. Every few days, it seems, a new solar company announces new… Continue Reading