Photovoltaics

GreenMountain's solar power practice leads the industry in scope and innovation. Our clients include startups with novel designs, expansion-stage companies working to ramp up production and established companies looking for new markets.

We work in the full range of technology development from product concept through full-scale manufacturing.

Areas in which we have recent experience include:

Technology Areas

• Crystalline silicon (C-Si)
• Amorphous silicon (A-Si)
• Vertical silicon crystal growth
• Thin-film photovoltaics (TFPV)
• Concentrating photovoltaics (CPV)
• Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV)

Manufacturing Equipment and Processes

• Process design and optimization
• Scale-up support
• Facilities integration
• Automation
• Materials R&D
• Raw materials processing
• Wafer handling and cutting
• Screen printing and metallization
• Tabbing and stringing
• Lamination
• Module performance and durability testing

Products: Cells, Wafers and Modules

• Design and test of functional prototypes
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA), thermal and stress
• Manufacturing cost analysis
• Balance-of-system components
• UL and CE certification