This list of notable companies manufacturing

copper indium gallium selenide solar cell A copper indium gallium selenide solar cell (or CIGS cell, sometimes CI(G)S or CIS cell) is a thin-film solar cell used to convert sunlight into electric power. It is manufactured by depositing a thin layer of copper indium gallium selenide solu ...

s (CIGS) includes a number of companies, some of which have significantly reduced or completely closed down production: * Ascent Solar Technologies * Avancis (former subsidiary of Saint Gobain) *

Flisom Flisom is a developer and manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) thin film solar cells, located near Zurich, Switzerland. The company produces high-efficiency CIGS thin film solar modules on flexible plastic foil using proprietary roll-to-roll manu ...

(founded in 2005 as a spin-off company of

ETH Zürich (colloquially) , former_name = eidgenössische polytechnische Schule , image = ETHZ.JPG , image_size = , established = , type = Public , budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021) , rector = Günther Dissertori , president = Joël Mesot , ac ...

, Switzerland) * Manz (turnkey CIGS fab) * Midsummer AB (Swedish manufacturer of CIGS solar modules and sputtering equipment for thin-film solar cells) *

Siva Power Siva Power, Inc. is an American solar power company that developed thin-film technology. The company designed and manufactured copper indium gallium deselenide (CIGS) photovoltaics. Siva Power is based in San Jose, California. Bruce Sohn is CEO a ...

Solar Frontier Solar Frontier Kabushiki Kaisha is a Japanese photovoltaic company that develops and manufactures thin film solar cells using Copper indium gallium selenide solar cells, CIGS technology. It is a fully owned subsidiary of Showa Shell Sekiyu and loc ...

(subsidiary of

Showa Shell Sekiyu was a Japanese company that operated as a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell until it was acquired by Idemitsu Kosan in 2018 and integrated into the company the following year. It was formed by the merger of Showa Oil Company and Shell Sekiyu which w ...

) Former companies or no longer produce CIGS modules * IBM *

International Solar Electric Technology International Solar Electric Technology, or ISET, was a company invested in copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) photovoltaics. ISET's research over two decades had been largely funded by grants from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. ...

Global Solar Energy Global Solar Energy is a US-based manufacturer of CIGS solar cells, a thin-film based photovoltaic technology, with manufacturing operations in Tucson, Arizona, United States, and Berlin, Germany. In 2013, it was bought by Chinese renewable ener ...

(module producer, US-based subsidiary of Hanergy) * GSHK Solar (module producer, HK-based) *

Hanergy Hanergy Holding Group Ltd. (Hanergy) is a Chinese multinational company headquartered in Beijing. The company is focusing on thin-film solar value chain, including manufacturing and solar parks development. It also owns the Jinanqiao Hydroelectri ...

Solibro Hanergy Holding Group Ltd. (Hanergy) is a Chinese multinational company headquartered in Beijing. The company is focusing on thin-film solar value chain, including manufacturing and solar parks development. It also owns the Jinanqiao Hydroelectri ...

(former subsidiary of

Q-Cells Hanwha Q Cells (commonly known as simply Q CELLS) is a major manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells. The company is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, after being founded in 1999 in Thalheim, Germany, where the company still has its eng ...

) * HelioVolt *

Miasolé MiaSolé is an American solar energy company selling copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic products. MiaSolé's manufacturing process lays CIGS on a flexible stainless steel substrate. MiaSolé produces all layers of photo ...

Nanosolar Nanosolar was a developer of solar power technology. Based in San Jose, CA, Nanosolar developed and briefly commercialized a low-cost printable solar cell manufacturing process. The company started selling thin-film CIGS panels mid-December 20 ...

Odersun Odersun was a German photovoltaic (PV) company that developed and manufactured CIGS cells on a flexible copper backing, specifically designed for building-integrated photovoltaics. The insolvent company went into administration on 1 June 2012 an ...

* Soltecture (previously Sulfurcell) *

Solyndra Solyndra was a manufacturer of cylindrical panels of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin film solar cells based in Fremont, California. Heavily promoted as a leader in the sustainable energy sector for its unusual technology, Solyndra wa ...

* Stion * TSMC Solar (subsidiary of

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC; also called Taiwan Semiconductor) is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the world's most valuable semiconductor company, the world' ...

) *

Veeco Veeco is a global capital equipment supplier, headquartered in the U.S., that designs and builds processing systems used in semiconductor A semiconductor is a material which has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a co ...

Instruments IncVeeco drops CIGS solar systems biz
, ''Renewable Energy World'', 8.1.2011. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Cigs Companies CIGS Cigs Cigs Photovoltaics manufacturers Renewable energy commercialization

See also

References