International Solar Electric Technology, or ISET, was a company invested in
copper indium gallium selenide
Copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) is a I- III- VI2 semiconductor material composed of copper, indium, gallium, and selenium. The material is a solid solution of copper indium selenide (often abbreviated "CIS") and copper gallium selenide. ...
(CIGS)
photovoltaics
Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commerciall ...
. ISET's research
over two decades had been largely funded by grants from the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the US specializes in the research and development of renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy systems integration, and sustainable transportation. NREL is a federally funded research and ...
. Members helped found or worked in many of the more well known CIGS companies, such as
Nanosolar,
Solopower, Showa, and Honda
Soltec Despite a lack of venture capital, ISET planned to launch a thin film, produced in a new
Chatsworth plant with hundreds of
megawatt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of Power (physics), power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantification (science), quantify the rate of Work ...
s per year capacity after the pilot plant is proven. The company believed they will be able to at first achieve 10% efficient modules sold for $0.65 per watt, then 15% efficient for $0.50 per watt, and potentially ultimately as low as $0.40 per watt (a tenth of current prices).
See also
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List of CIGS companies
References
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External links
ISET company website
Defunct engineering companies of the United States
Thin-film cell manufacturers
Companies based in California
Defunct technology companies based in California
2016 disestablishments in California
1985 establishments in California