Kerry Pianoforte10.21.09
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. will be providing modules to FTL Solar for their research and development contract with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The parties will work on the development of lightweight flexible structures that include energy production from solar electric modules produced by Ascent Solar.
"We are pleased to announce our relationship with Ascent Solar,” Robert Lerner, Chief Technology Officer for FTL Solar, stated. “We are confident their light weight flexible high power modules will work well with our existing products as well as future products currently in our product development pipeline."
NYSERDA President and CEO Francis J. Murray Jr. said: "NYSERDA is enthused about this company's potential and is pleased to invest $250,000 toward this $500,000 FTL project that is developing a unique product with so many real-world, right-now applications. Because of its physical attributes and application flexibility, shade and electricity can be realized just about anywhere. From a New York perspective, the potential for this firm to bring product development and manufacturing to the Empire State is very encouraging and supports Governor Paterson's goal to attract clean energy efficiency manufacturing jobs to our state."
The development work will be carried out under a $22,500 collaborative agreement between FTL Solar and the Center for Advanced Microelectronic Manufacturing in Endicott, and the Center for Autonomous Solar at Binghamton University.
"FTL Solar has developed a variety of multi-purpose solar integrated flexible tensile structures,” said Ascent Solar president and CEO Farhad Moghadam. “These structures are ideally suited for the incorporation of Ascent Solar's high energy, flexible and light weight photovoltaic modules. We are excited about our relationship with FTL Solar and NYSERDA and the opportunity to embed our modules into a wide range of structures serving various market segments. FTL Solar has the expertise and deep history in developing these unique products and Ascent Solar has the ability to power them with our unique modules."
"We are pleased to announce our relationship with Ascent Solar,” Robert Lerner, Chief Technology Officer for FTL Solar, stated. “We are confident their light weight flexible high power modules will work well with our existing products as well as future products currently in our product development pipeline."
NYSERDA President and CEO Francis J. Murray Jr. said: "NYSERDA is enthused about this company's potential and is pleased to invest $250,000 toward this $500,000 FTL project that is developing a unique product with so many real-world, right-now applications. Because of its physical attributes and application flexibility, shade and electricity can be realized just about anywhere. From a New York perspective, the potential for this firm to bring product development and manufacturing to the Empire State is very encouraging and supports Governor Paterson's goal to attract clean energy efficiency manufacturing jobs to our state."
The development work will be carried out under a $22,500 collaborative agreement between FTL Solar and the Center for Advanced Microelectronic Manufacturing in Endicott, and the Center for Autonomous Solar at Binghamton University.
"FTL Solar has developed a variety of multi-purpose solar integrated flexible tensile structures,” said Ascent Solar president and CEO Farhad Moghadam. “These structures are ideally suited for the incorporation of Ascent Solar's high energy, flexible and light weight photovoltaic modules. We are excited about our relationship with FTL Solar and NYSERDA and the opportunity to embed our modules into a wide range of structures serving various market segments. FTL Solar has the expertise and deep history in developing these unique products and Ascent Solar has the ability to power them with our unique modules."