The Thin Film Solar industry is going global.  In the past few months we have seen manufacturing agreements that have connected companies based in the US, Italy, Japan, Korea, China and Turkey. And now we have the first Major Equity Stake from a global energy giant Total.

Konarka partners with French oil giant

With this stake, Total will become the leading shareholder with a 20% Equity Stake. This is its  first major equity stake in a thin film maker, and will expand Total's current silicon-based solar portfolio with Photovoltech and Tenesol.

Materials Science solutions for Distributed Solar Power

Category: Energy
Year: 2016
Tags: energy, solar, thinfilm, photovoltaics, total