Adding a new feather in its cap, Ascent Solar Technologies, a leader in the design and manufacturing of cutting-edge, lightweight and flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solutions, has announced the onboarding of former SpaceX founder, Philippe Kassouf as Strategic Advisor. This recent development, as announced on February 7, 2024, is expected to further strengthen the Colorado-based company’s strategic advisory board and ramp up its innovative stride.
Ascent Solar Technologies has been consistently involved in creating path-breaking solutions in the solar industry and this appointment is seen as boosting the efforts in solidifying its foothold. The fact that Kassouf’s influential work as a founding member at SpaceX speaks volumes about his strategic and organizational prowess, augurs well for the company.
Adding to their impressive line-up of announcements, Ascent Solar Technologies had earlier revealed on January 9, 2024, that they have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with an undisclosed private company to meet its solar array needs in the future. The company anticipates orders ranging between 2-5 MW from 2027 to 2029, with a subsequent increase to an impressive 100 MW per year by the next decade.
The dynamic company has not only made significant strides on Earth but has also achieved a notable presence in space. The confirmation came on December 21, 2023, when the company announced that it had gained spaceflight heritage for its solar PV array products manifested on the Momentus Vigoride-6 mission. This signifies that the company’s Plug & Fly solar panels, thin-film modules integrated into Momentus’s Tape Spring Solar Array (TASSA), have successfully completed initial space testing.
Over the years, Ascent Solar Technologies, with its technological advancements in creating flexible, durable and featherweight thin-film PV solutions has marked its leading presence in the solar industry. The addition of Kassouf as a strategic advisor, combined with their ambitious solar array orders and successful foray into space, undeniably represents the company’s unwavering growth narrative and forward-thinking approach.
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