Monday, June 11, 2007 2:53 am | Edgar A. Gunther
Quick Photovoltaic News Tidbits
I decided to revive the Light Flashes from last September and prefix Solar to satisfy the search engines. Solar Light Flashes will provide an ad hoc channel for the various factoids and observation pairs I stumble upon during my research for posts. Most of these factoids do not justify a complete post; combined I expect them to be informative.
This post is arranged in alphabetical order, and the company name or topic links back to my last significant related post.
Blue Square Energy (BSE):BSE has been busy rounding out the team by hiring a CFO… Read More >>
Discusses Silicon Wafer Recycling business and Bright Point solar cell technology and plans
In late January 2007, I was contacted by two first round, angel investors in Blue Square Energy (BSE), Ray Moyer, CEO of EPX (Electronic Payment Exchange), and Joseph Babin, COO of Blue Square Energy and founder of Opis Advisors. As private equity investors, Ray and Joe prefer to stay close to their investments working with the management team and adding value. And their efforts have driven change in Blue Square Energy’s approach to the press and this blogger in particular.
I’m sure my last post about Blue Square Energy, Blue Square Energy hypes impurity
“Affordable, high-performance” silicon solar cells achieve “over” 12% efficiency
Beyond the quote in the previous post, Blue Square Energy launches website, there is not much more information on the Blue Square Energy (BSE) website regarding Bright Point silicon solar cells or impurity enriched silicon. The solar cell and module product pictures may or may not be representative of BSE products, and the copy on the website reads like classic marketing hype:
Blue Square Energy's silicon solar cells are currently available in two sizes: 200mm and 300mm. Our 300mm solar cell is the largest and most powerful silicon cell available in the market today and is found in many household tools and appliances.
I am very curious to
Friday, December 8, 2006 4:35 pm | Edgar A. Gunther
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I was checking the Blog while waiting for a flight at San Jose Airport, and I noticed a spike in traffic regarding Blue Square Energy (BSE). Sure enough, the website update mentioned for late October has now arrived. I don't have much time before my flight, but they have a solar cell technology called Bright Point. Here is BSE's technology description:
Bright Point is Blue Square Energy’s line of high-efficiency solar cells. It utilizes low cost, abundantly available silicon that is enriched with impurities. While other solar companies spend much time and money removing impurities from silicon, we have found a way to use them to our advantage.
While impurities help to reduce the cost, it is our proprietary design and process… Read More >>
Blue Square Energy, Inc., is a solar startup founded in August 2004 and a self proclaimed “leader in the research, development, and production of high performance silicon solar cells utilizing cost-effective materials.” Located in North East, Maryland USA, Blue Square Energy has a 24,000 square foot (2230 square meters) facility and boasts of (potential?) annual capacity to produce over 20MWp (Megawatt-peak) of solar cells.
Jeffrey A. Barnett is the President and CEO of Blue Square Energy, and the core Blue Square Energy team includes former AstroPower technical staff. In addition, Jeff Barnett is Dr. Allen Barnett’s son as reported by Steven Church for delawareonline: The News Journal, UD lands $52.9 million solar power grant.
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