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Company News
Update November 30, 2009:
ISET’s website is undergoing extensive reconstruction. Check back soon to
view the latest updates and information regarding ISET’s
commercialization of its patented low-cost approach for
printed CIGS modules.
Recent Headlines
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New Release, August 1,
2007
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ISET is in preparation for moving to their new
23000 sq/ft. Manufacturing Facility in Chatsworth,
CA. Their new address will be 20600 Plummer St.,
Chatsworth, CA 91311.
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News Release, March 15, 2007
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ISET Hires Vice President of Manufacturing
ISET is pleased to announce that Mr. Richard T. Kemmerle
has joined ISET as Vice President of Manufacturing.
Prior to joining ISET, Mr. Kemmerle held senior
positions at Silicon Systems and Fairchild Semiconductor
in the areas of manufacturing, product and process
development and Quality Assurance. Most recently, from
1996 to 2006, Mr. Kemmerle was Vice President of
Operations for HOLT Integrated circuits where his
responsibilities included all manufacturing operations,
Quality Assurance, production planning, financial
analysis, package development, and supplier chain
management of domestic and international wafer foundry
and package assembly. Mr. Kemmerle currently is
assisting in the design and development of ISET’s pilot
plant for manufacturing thin film CIGS solar cells and
will manage and operate the plant upon it completion
(Currently expected to be in 2009).
News Archives
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Nov 2004
Dr. Kapur speaks on commercialization efforts for
CIGS technology at the USC Viterbi School of
Engineering. For further information, see the
announcement.
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Sep 2004
ISET has relocated its labs to a larger facility
north of Los Angeles in Chatsworth, California.
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June 2004
ISET is awarded an MDA SBIR Phase I contract for
Thin Film CIGS photovoltaic arrays for High Altitude
Airships (HAA) on lightweight and flexible ceramic
substrates.
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Feb 2004
ISET is awarded an enhancement to the existing Air
Force SBIR contract which nearly doubles the
existing funding.
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Sep 2003
ISET was rated "excellent in all areas" in the 2003
Peer Review of the Department of Energy Photovoltaic
Subprogram. (read
more) ****
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May 2003
ISET signs an Air Force SBIR Phase II contract for
developing high efficiency solar cells on flexible
polymer substrates.
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Dec 2002
ISET was awarded SBIR Phase II funding by Air Force
Research Labs to develop low cost CIGS solar cells
on polymer substrates
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Nov 2002
Goodbye Capt Joel Freyenhagen, six-week visiting
scholar from the Air Force Institute of Technology
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Jul 2002 ISET
was awarded an SBIR Phase I contract by the U.S.
Department of Energy to develop non-vacuum methods
for depositing front and back contacts for making
CIGS solar cells.
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Oct 2002
ISET received $439,644 from DOE's Office of
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency to develop a
low-cost non-vacuum deposition technique for the
fabrication of high efficiency CIS type devices.
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1998-2001
ATP Project Brief. ISET's Novel Process for High
Efficiency Copper-Indium-Gallium-Diselenide (CIGS)
Photovoltaic Modules. (Read
more)
Relevant Solar Industry Articles
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2004 Chemical and Engineering News cover story.
"Power from the Sun" Jeff Johnson, C&EN
Washington. Volume 82, Number 25 pp. 25-28 (HTML) |
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2003 Peer Review of the U.S. Department of
Energy Photovoltaics Subprogram September 30,
2003 (PDF
699KB) |
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2002 NREL Research Review - Solar Electricity,
courtesy of National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(2002) (PDF
663 KB) |
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The U.S. Photovoltaic Industry Road Map.
Produced and Printed by the United States
photovoltaic industry (May 2001). (PDF
718 KB). |
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EcoWorld Industry Press Release "The Race! Who
will be the first to manufacture truly
cost-competitive photovoltaic cells?" (2000) (HTML) |
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Federal Technology Alert.
Photovoltaics—Technology for providing
electricity in remote and difficult-to-access
locations (June 1998). (PDF
778 KB). |
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