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Investments, Upheaval in the PV World

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

The world of thin-film photovoltaics (PV) has been unusually active in recent months, as two large U.S. manufacturers filed for Chapter 11, both surrounded by controversy. Meanwhile, other thin-film PV manufacturers are receiving large capital investments, indicating their potential. Evergreen Solar, a Marlboro, MA-based manufacturer, had drawn notice for its proprietary String Ribbon silicon technology. Solyndra, headquartered in Fremont, CA, developed its own copper indium gallium diselenid...

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