Solar company Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. today announced it has begun regular production of its thin-film modules, which eventually could be used in building materials to produce solar energy.
Ascent said it plans to produce the modules at its Littleton facility in one shift per day, and ramp up gradually to three shifts per day.
The company is developing what’s called “flexible CIGC monolithically integrated modules” at the facility and plans to begin commercial production at a Thornton plant in two years.
Ascent bought the 120,000-square-foot Thornton facility for $5.5 million in February 2008 to house its world headquarters and commercial manufacturing operations. It plans to spend an additional $4 million to modernize and retrofit it to the company’s specifications.
Norsk Hydro ASA, a Norwegian company and Fortune Global 500 supplier of aluminum and aluminum products, owns a roughly 35 percent stake in Ascent.
Gargi Chakrabarty: 303-954-2976 or gchakrabarty@denverpost.com
