US solar company Bloo employs CVD Equipment to develop third generation solar modules

4 May 2010

US solar company Bloo Solar has contracted electronic component manufacturer CVD Equipment Corporation (CVD) to develop and manufacture the equipment for its third generation three-dimensional thin film solar module architectures.

Bloo Solar said it has started its Solar Brush wafer development production run, which it plans to bring to market with initial commercial modules in 2012.

The company’s Solar Brush technology provides more surface area and minimum recombination to provide higher efficiency and a total power output up to three times higher than current technologies, according to the company.

‘This is an important partnership for our company,’ said Larry Bawden, CEO of Bloo Solar. ‘Bloo Solar has developed a solid technology baseline over the last three years which we are starting to commercialise.’

By selecting CVD as its partner, Bloo Solar said it will develop a key process for Transparent Conductive Oxide (TCO) coating.

Karlheinz Strobl, vice president of business development at CVD, said, ‘Through the combination of our application laboratory with our experience in designing and manufacturing a wide variety of CVD related research and manufacturing equipment, we believe that we can optimally help Bloo Solar reach its commercialisation needs. In particular our focus on a variety of TCO coating processes and production scale-up equipment is being fully utilised in this relationship.’

Bloo Solar is a third generation solar energy company located in West Sacramento, California.

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