Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (ASTI) Expands Into India via Strategic Alliance with Kirloskar Integrated Technologies
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of special thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules which feature unique substrates that offer cost-saving and functionality bonuses over existing ones in the market, recently announced a strategic alliance with India-based industrial and engineering conglomerate Kirloskar Integrated Technologies Ltd. The multi-phase agreement represents the culmination of a memorandum of understanding signed in 09, and calls for immediate implementation of a marketing and distribution push for ASTI’s flexible copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) PV module, targeting complementary products and businesses throughout India, with special emphasis on off-grid rural power, defense, consumer portable power, hybrid solar and diesel…