SkySentry Receives Lightweight Flexible CIGS Array from Ascent Solar Technologies
September 03 2009 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of
state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today
that SkySentry, a high altitude vehicle developer headquartered in
Colorado Springs, Colorado, received their first flexible CIGS PV
array for an upcoming aerostat test in Sandusky, Ohio, scheduled
for mid-September, 2009. The aerostat is part of Army Space and
Missile Defense Command’s High Altitude, Long-Endurance
Testbed.
Charles Lambert, President and CEO of SkySentry, stated, “Power
production and storage are the most difficult challenge of
operating stationary vehicles for lengthy periods in the
stratosphere. This test will use an aerostat, a tethered blimp, to
characterize performance of a solar array on a dynamic platform,
understand the performance of thin film arrays on a buoyant vehicle
in terms of temperature and impact on an inflated substrate,
determine the consistency of solar output for high altitude
applications and quantify the effect of clouds and variable weather
on performance of an aerostat-mounted array.” Corollary benefits
include comparing high efficiency solar array deployments on
aerostats as primary or supplementary power generation with other
technologies such as off-shore power generation with wind
turbines.
Ascent Solar president and CEO Farhad Moghadam added, “This
shipment represents our first delivery of flexible monolithically
integrated CIGS PV specifically for airship experimentation.
SkySentry’s testing of our photovoltaics on the aerostat, along
with advanced power management, will demonstrate their approach
towards an important application for national security and
surveillance applications.”
About SkySentry LLC:
SkySentry LLC is a Service-disabled, veteran-owned
Colorado-based small business, widely acknowledged as a national
leader in the investigation and development of the high altitude
operating environment for communications and surveillance.
SkySentry aids High Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) development in
the areas of policy, doctrine, and operations concepts growth;
research and development of vehicles, subsystems and payloads;
characterizing vehicle and payload performance through advanced
modeling and simulation; and field testing of payloads and
architectures. Additional information can be found at www.SkySentry.net.
About Ascent Solar Technologies:
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. is a developer of thin-film
photovoltaic modules with substrate materials that can be more
flexible and affordable than most traditional solar panels. Ascent
Solar modules can be directly integrated into standard building
materials, space applications, consumer electronics for portable
power or configured as stand alone modules for large scale
terrestrial deployment. Ascent Solar is headquartered in Thornton,
Colo. Additional information can be found at
www.ascentsolar.com.
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