Ascent Solar Technologies, a US manufacturer of copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) thin-film PV products, announced that it has shipped modules for testing to an ocean technology company and a power beaming technology company active in defense and aerospace.
The project partners have not been disclosed.
“Ascent supplied its standard thin-film PV modules for these tests; no changes or modifications were made to the supplied modules,” said Paul Warly, CEO of Ascent Solar Technologies. pv magazine.
The company, which recently announced a 15.7% efficient module, said the ocean monitoring technology company will evaluate module functionality and saltwater sustainability in an ocean monitoring application.
The space and defense partner will test the reception capabilities of the CIGS devices as part of its work on a space-based power beaming system being designed for orbiting satellites, Ascent said.
This isn’t the first time Ascent has participated in wireless power transfer testing. “The company has worked with several aerospace and defense agencies in the past to test and improve the power beaming capabilities of Ascent’s thin-film PV technology,” said Warly.
Power beaming over longer distances is a research topic in many countries around the world, and recent activities are reported by pv magazine in China, Great Britain and Australia.
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