Magnolia Solar Receives $1M To Advance Thin-Film Solar Cells

Magnolia Solar has received a US$1 million award from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). This award is to develop advanced thin-film solar cells in partnership with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany.

Magnolia Solar will work in close collaboration with faculty and scientists from CNSE’s Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center (E2TAC) at CNSE’s Albany NanoTech Complex to demonstrate its technologies in nanostructure-based thin-film solar cells.

Professor Fred Schubert at RPI is also supporting the program, which is designed to improve energy efficiency while reducing production costs. Magnolia Solar has received a NYSERDA order for the first phase of this three-phase development program.

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