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Ascent Solar Wins Second R&D 100 Award

Company is honored for its MilPak Solar Platform.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World, Coatings World and Ink World Magazine

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. announced that its received the prestigious 2015 R&D 100 Award in the IT/Electrical category at R&D Magazine’s 53rd R&D 100 Gala. This is the second R&D 100 award for Ascent Solar, having achieved the feat in 2010 for flexible thin film monolithically integrated CIGS on polyimide, upon which the MilPak is based.
 
For 53 years, R&D 100 awards have been given by R&D Magazine to the top 100 technological achievements of the year. Earlier award recipients have included anti-lock brakes, the fax machine, halogen lamps and liquid crystal displays. This year’s IT/Electrical category finalists included IBM, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Mitsubishi Electric, NASA, Argonne National Laboratory, as well as many emerging companies.
 
The MilPak E is a fully integrated mobile power solution that includes a foldable photovoltaic blanket with an attached waterproof battery case that houses a maximum peak power tracker, 86.5 watt hour of power storage with battery management circuitry, a 55 watt 24 volt power circuit, and two high-current USB circuits. Most important, the entire unit weighs less than 8.5lbs, which makes it extremely portable by military personnel or any users.
 
This product introduces the MilPak platform to the military, first responders, disaster relief workers, miners and other users who want to reduce the number of components they need to take in the field to take advantage of PV power.
 
“We are honored that the MilPak E was selected as one of the top 100 innovations of the year by R&D Magazine’s panel of expert judges,” said Dr. Joseph Armstrong, CTO and co-inventor.

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