primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message solopower type private industry solar energy founded 2005 headquarters san jose california u.s. key people tim harris ceo ryan benton cfo products solar panels website solopower.com solopower is a solar energy company developing and manufacturing copper indium gallium selenide cigs thin film flexible photo voltaic solar panels . the company uses a special electroplating technology to utilize nearly 100 % of its materials . 1 solopower is based in san jose california and has achieved the distinction of being the first company to obtain ul certification of cigs flexible solar panels in 2010 . 2 this was lauded as a significant achievement by california governor arnold schwarzenegger . 3 later the same year the company also received iec certification iec 61646 and 61730 of its flexible cigs solar panels again an industry first . 4 in march 2012 the company s modules set a world record aperture efficiency of 13.4 % for flexible cigs solar panels as measured by nrel . 5 contents 1 company history 2 funding 3 see also 4 references 5 external links company history edit solopower was founded by bulent basol and homayoun talieh in 2005 . 6 the company started its pilot manufacturing line in december of the same year . 7 in 2010 solopower held talks with the town of wilsonville oregon to set up a manufacturing plant there . in 2011 the united states department of energy approved a 197 million loan guarantee to the company enabling a 400mw manufacturing plant in oregon . 8 in may 2011 solopower decided to move the manufacturing facility to portland instead . 9 in april 2013 solopower announced plans to suspend operations at the portland plant and gut the remaining workforce . 10 solopower was announced a winner of the 2012 tie50 award in the category of clean energy . 11 12 funding edit the norwegian firms convexa capital spencer energy and scatec have invested approximately 30 million into solopower in 2007 . 13 the united states department of energy has also funded the company . 14 in early 2011 the company received 13.5 million from crosslink capital . 15 lead investors in the company include hudson clean energy partners crosslink capital convexa and firsthand . 16 see also edit renewable energy portal energy portal list of cigs companies v t e solar power in the united states solar power energy in the united states by state alabama alaska arizona arkansas california colorado connecticut delaware florida georgia hawaii idaho illinois indiana iowa kansas kentucky louisiana maine maryland massachusetts michigan minnesota mississippi missouri montana nebraska nevada new hampshire new jersey new mexico new york north carolina north dakota ohio oklahoma oregon pennsylvania rhode island south carolina south dakota tennessee texas utah vermont virginia washington d.c. west virginia wisconsin wyoming power plants 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retrieved 13 january 2015 . 1 archived march 17 2012 at the wayback machine . 2 archived april 14 2010 at the wayback machine . corporate solopower . solopower.com . retrieved 13 january 2015 . ehren goossens 17 february 2011 . u.s. offers 197 million loan guarantee for solopower plant in oregon . bloomberg . retrieved 13 january 2015 . solopower to announce plans for 340 million north portland solar panel plant . oregonlive.com . retrieved 13 january 2015 . solopower moves to power down portland factory gut remaining workforce . oregonlive.com . retrieved 13 january 2015 . solopower receives tie50 award in energy and cleantech . pv.energytrend.com . retrieved 13 january 2015 . 3 archived august 5 2012 at the wayback machine . https web.archive.org web 20110405074721 http www.solopower.com red herring 071207.html . archived from the original on april 5 2011 . retrieved april 13 2011 . missing or empty title help 4 archived april 12 2011 at the wayback machine . flexible solar panel maker solopower raises 13.5 m . venturebeat . retrieved 13 january 2015 . solopower sets record for flexible cigs solar panel efficiency . eon.businesswire.com . retrieved 13 january 2015 . external links edit solopower company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title solopower & oldid 739225384 categories solar energy companies of the united statesphotovoltaics manufacturersthin film cell manufacturersmanufacturing companies based in san jose californiatechnology companies based in the san francisco bay areaenergy companies established in 2005manufacturing companies established in 2005renewable resource companies established in 20052005 establishments in californiahidden categories articles with wayback machine linkspages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlsarticles lacking reliable references from january 2015all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in 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