Santa Clara, Calif. -- What is the secret sauce behind Miasole, the maker of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar modules?
The heart of the company's technology is a large, hexagonal manufacturing machine festooned with valves and rollers that looks like a cross between a particle accelerator and a prop from a science fiction movie. A miles-long metal foil sheet goes in one end, gets turned 90 degrees so that it's vertical, and, in succession, is coated with molybendium, cadmium, indium, selenide and other materials.
It is like watching a multimillion-dollar spin-art machine.
"It produces a module every 90 seconds," said Joseph Laia, Miasole's CEO, during a tour earlier in June.
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