History
Key Milestones
- 2010
- Calisolar cells pass IEC and UL certification in industry standard modules
- Production rate surpasses 1 million cells per month
- First 1MW installation completed
- President Obama announces selection of Calisolar for merit-based clean energy tax credit
- 6N Silicon becomes part of Calisolar, combining IP, complementary technologies, and expertise
- Calisolar begins commercial shipments
- Calisolar cells >16% Average efficiency using 6N Silicon
- 2009
- Calisolar completes new factory, begins production
- 2008
- Calisolar demonstrates core technology and begins building production facility
- 6N Silicon launches EOS Project to develop, demonstrate and test 6N’s silicon purification technology for a low-cost solar-grade solution
- 6N Silicon builds new manufacturing plant and begins high-volume shipments
- 2007
- Calisolar pilot operations begin in Berlin and Sunnyvale
- Calisolar selected for Solar America Initiative grant from NREL/DoE
- 6N Silicon Pilot line begins in Ontario
- 2006
- Calisolar founded in March by Dr. Kamel Ounadjela, Dr. Fritz Kirscht, and Dr. Eicke Weber
- 6N Silicon founded in September by Scott Nichol