On January 10th, 2013 MiaSole, founded in 2003, announced that Hanergy Holding Company of China has acquired the company and its technology for a fraction of the funds the start-up received from its investors. Investors put $550 million into the firm. Hangery is paying about $30
MiaSole's received patents US 7897020 , US 7829783 and US7960643 under the green tech program. MiaSole's thin film products, called CIGS technology, use copper, indium, gallium and selenide. This technology is lighter than traditional silicon based products and can be layered between sheets of glass that can be used as tinted windows on a building or integrated into flexible material for use on rooftops.
What Solar Tech Do The Chinese Get This Time?
Here's a partial list of the intellectual property that the Chinese get this time. It doesn't include trade secrets or pending patent applications. This is a significant portfolio of thin film solar technology and methods for making those products.
What Solar Tech Do The Chinese Get This Time?
Here's a partial list of the intellectual property that the Chinese get this time. It doesn't include trade secrets or pending patent applications. This is a significant portfolio of thin film solar technology and methods for making those products.
| PAT. NO. | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8,342,229 | Method of making a CIG target by die casting |
| 2 | 8,338,214 | Sodium salt containing CIG targets, methods of making and methods of use thereof |
| 3 | 8,329,496 | Dithered scanned laser beam for scribing solar cell structures |
| 4 | 8,227,287 | Partially transmitted imaged laser beam for scribing solar cell structures |
| 5 | 8,203,200 | Diode leadframe for solar module assembly |
| 6 | 8,134,069 | Method and apparatus for controllable sodium delivery for thin film photovoltaic materials |
| 7 | 8,123,565 | External electrical connectors for solar modules |
| 8 | 8,115,095 | Protective layer for large-scale production of thin-film solar cells |
| 9 | 8,110,738 | Protective layer for large-scale production of thin-film solar cells |
| 10 | 8,076,174 | Method of forming a sputtering target |
| 11 | 8,062,384 | Systems, methods and apparatuses for magnetic processing of solar modules |
| 12 | 8,058,752 | Thin-film photovoltaic power element with integrated low-profile high-efficiency DC-DC converter |
| 13 | 8,048,707 | Sulfur salt containing CIG targets, methods of making and methods of use thereof |
| 14 | 8,048,706 | Ablative scribing of solar cell structures |
| 15 | 8,017,976 | Barrier for doped molybdenum targets |
| 16 | 8,004,232 | Method of battery charging and power control in conjunction with maximum power point tracking |
| 17 | 7,963,802 | External electrical connectors for solar modules |
| 18 | 7,960,643 | Isolated metallic flexible back sheet for solar module encapsulation |
| 19 | 7,935,558 | Sodium salt containing CIG targets, methods of making and methods of use thereof |
| 20 | 7,927,912 | Method of forming a sputtering target |
| 21 | 7,897,020 | Method for alkali doping of thin film photovoltaic materials |
| 22 | 7,838,763 | Manufacturing apparatus and method for large-scale production of thin-film solar cells |
| 23 | 7,829,783 | Isolated metallic flexible back sheet for solar module encapsulation |
| 24 | 7,785,921 | Barrier for doped molybdenum targets |
| 25 | 7,544,884 | Manufacturing method for large-scale production of thin-film solar cells |
| 26 | 6,974,976 | Thin-film solar cells |
