Prism Solar Technologies Inc.

Location:New York, US
Speaker:Rick Lewandowski
Title:President, CEO
Primary Industry:Solar
Executive Summary:Prism Solar Technologies Inc. (PST) is a privately held, early stage company, incorporated February 2005 to manufacture a new proprietary photovoltaic (PV) module that uses transparent holographic optical elements (HOE) to collect, spectrally select and focus daylight onto the solar cells. The HOE acts as an Intelligent Passive Solar Concentrator allowing the PV module to use 55-85% less of the expensive silicon, which makes up the solar module, lowering the module cost-per-watt dramatically.
Venture is:A-Round

HIGHLIGHTS

Corporate Presentations:

  • Air Products
  • BASF
  • Eastman Kodak Company
  • Genzyme
  • Goodrich
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • Honda
  • Medtronic
  • Merck
  • Sanyo

Reserved Presentations:

  • ExxonMobil
  • IBM

Partnering Events:
(full access included)

Platinum Sponsor
University of Hawaii

Press Sponsor
Business Wire

Commercialization Partner
BusinessWeek

Sponsors
Invest Australia AzTE Technology Enterprises

Media Sponsors
(joint with Nanotech 2007) Nature
Science
Red Herring

Supporting Organizations
BirchBob
CONNECT
Boston University
Midwest Research University Network
OCTANe
AeA
LES-SVC

 

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