Organized around making solar energy the lowest cost electricity through innovation and large scale deployment that enable new applications, The firm manufacturer of cost-efficient thin film solar cells and panels based on printing CIGS (CuInGaSe) and nanoparticle inks. The companyâs first product, the Nanosolar Utility Panel, enables competitively priced peak power and installed system economics at utility-scale. With headquarters in San Jose, CA, Nanosolar operates the industryâs first roll-to-roll solar cell printing factory in San Jose, California and a panel-assembly factory in Luckenwalde, Germany. We utilize an âindustrialâ printing process to coat CIGS (Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenium) and nanoparticle inks on low-cost aluminum foil in order to create cells that enable new solar applications. With headquarters and solar cell manufacturing based in San Jose, California, and an automated panel assembly facility outside Berlin, Germany, Nanosolar is building an effective global distribution network to deliver cost-efficient solar power. Nanosolarâs Vision A planet powered by clean abundant and renewable solar energy, affordable for e
