Solexant plans 100 MW assembly line for solar-ink panels, looks for $50M
Solexant, maker of photovoltaic panels with solar cells so thin that they are literally printed onto the panels’ surfaces, announced plans today for a 100-megawatt, commercial-scale panel assembly line — enough to provide power for as many as 800,000 homes. It says it will try to raise $50 million in a third round of funding to finance the project.
Right now, the San Jose, Calif. company is working on a much smaller 3-megawatt assembly line in… Continue Reading
OPX receives $3.6M for synthesized fuel replacement
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OPX Biotechnologies, a new startup that hopes to modify microorganisms to produce fuels similar to those we use for power generation today, has received $3.6 million in a first round of venture funding.
Although fuels like biodiesel and ethanol are also called biofuels, the term has a different meaning for companies like OPX. It, and a small handful of other companies, are modifying the DNA of bacteria, fungi and other lifeforms to cause them to produce… Continue Reading
Solexant raises $4.3M for new thin film solar cell
Solexant, a secretive solar cell developer in Sunnyvale, Calif, has raised $4.3 million in a first round of capital to develop a prototype of its technology.
The funding came to light in a regulatory filing, and chief executive Damoder Reddy tells VentureBeat he didn’t want to provide many details.
X/Seed Capital led the round, which included Firelake Capital, Medley Partners and Trident Capital. The company earlier raised a seed round, and will like look for a second… Continue Reading