City Wire Looks at Silicon Solar, Overwatch
The City Wire this week takes a look at a pair of northwest Arkansas startups, both Innovate Arkansas clients.
Silicon Solar Solutions and its sister startup, Picasolar, and Overwatch are featured in its Startups to Watch series. Overwatch CEO Josh Moody says to look for a June product launch.
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Flying high from a national SunShot grant, Douglas Hutchings, withSilicon Solar Solutions and its sister startup Picasolar, said their technology for the N-type solar cells came through the first battery of federal testing with strong results.
“We passed UV testing and that is a big milestone we are glad to have behind us,” said Hutchings.
The startup received test results Monday (March 24) from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He said the improvements ranged from 4.41% to 9.67% with an average efficiency improvement of 7.6%. The goal was to be at 5% by October, which puts them ahead of schedule.
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Moody said the software gaming application is nearing completion and will be distributed to the startup’s beta testers within the next month.
“We have a lot to pull together for a June product launch,” Moody said. “We expect the hardware will be ready to ship to retail stores in June and we want to package the software application with the hardware case mounts.”
Good stuff. Read the full story here.