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SoloPower wins $197 million loan guarantee for solar panel factory
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The Department of Energy has granted a $197 million loan guarantee to SoloPower for the building of a (400 MW/yr) thin-film solar panel manufacturing facility in Wilsonville, Ore.
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SoloPower says its secret sauce is a low-cost, highly efficient electroplating manufacturing process. Its manufacturing process works by depositing copper, indium, gallium and selenide on rolls of flexible stainless steel materials and transforms them into flexible modules. According to the DOE, that allows the company to improve module size and weight, ease of installation, and reduces mounting hardware.
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