Skyline Solar is formally launched along with its High Gain Solar arrays

May 6, 2009—Skyline Solar, a manufacturer of High Gain Solar (HGS) arrays for the commercial, industrial, government and utility markets, has announced the launch of the company and its HGS architecture.

Skyline Solar’s HGS architecture delivers the performance and durability of tracked silicon at the cost of thin-film technologies in sunny climates, thereby accelerating the path to grid parity, according to the company.

In conjunction with the formal launch of the company and its HGS architecture, Skyline Solar announced that it has reached several key corporate milestones: construction of the company’s first demonstration plant; pilot manufacturing and component certification; $24.6 million in Series A venture financing; and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding via a first-quarter developmental contract with the DOE for $3 million.

Skyline HGS arrays combine industry-proven silicon cells, durable reflector materials and single-axis tracking into a complete, easy-to-deploy system that delivers ten times more energy per gram of silicon versus traditional flat-panel systems in sunny locations and offers industry-leading energy density, says the company.

Built primarily out of commodity materials with globally available manufacturing processes from the PV and automotive industries, Skyline HGS simultaneously improves financial payback and scalability. As a result, Skyline Solar believes the HGS architecture is the fastest path to grid parity.

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