May 28, 2010

Governor Strickland visits GreenField Solar in Oberlin

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland visited GreenField headquarters for a tour and technology demonstration. The Governor was eager to learn more about GreenField’s innovative technology and corporate progress.

March 5, 2010

GreenField Solar opens its Oberlin headquarters

GreenField’s new corporate headquarters and solar cell fabrication center was opened today. The facility’s lab and clean room environment provide GreenField the capabilities needed to produce its high intensity PhotoVolt™ solar cell.

July 27. 2009

GreenField Solar makes site selections

GreenField Solar selects Oberlin, Ohio, for its cell development lab and corporate offices, commits to grow in North Ridgeville, Ohio, and receives the State of Ohio Job Creation Tax Credits for expansion plans.

Feb 18. 2009

GreenField receives Innovation Award

NorTech and Crain's Cleveland Business award GreenField Solar Corp. the prestigious "NorTech Innovation Award" for our High Intensity Photovoltaic Concentrator.

Nov 16. 2008

GreenField profiled in the press

GreenField Solar Corp. was featured today in the business section of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Sep 28. 2008

GreenField Solar secures cell technology

The combination between GreenField Steam & Electric and PhotoVolt Inc. was completed September 26th, forming GreenField Solar Corp. This important development assures GreenField Solar Corp. control over its own highly scalable, low cost, high voltage/high intensity concentrator cell technology.

July 29. 2008

Our first commercial installation

On July 29th, 50 years to the day after President Eisenhower signed the bill giving birth to NASA, our first commercial installation was completed at the NASA Glenn Research Center near Cleveland.

July 13. 2008

Our first production model

On Sunday morning, July 13th, we introduced our first production model to the sun at our development site near Cleveland. It was a fitting start because

About GreenField Solar

Bernard Sater, founder of PhotoVolt, Inc., and inventor of the PhotoVoltTM cell, at work in the laboratory

PhotoVolt, Inc. was founded in 1994 by Bernard Sater, a former NASA Glenn Research Center scientist and inventor, with a vision to enable high intensity photovoltaic (“PV”) concentrator systems to achieve significantly lower cost per watt than is possible with conventional photovoltaic technologies. PhotoVolt’s cell technology has the potential for making PV power systems economically viable for widespread application and cost competitive with conventional fuels in large-scale global markets. Over the past 14 years, with the support of NASA Glenn Research Center , and the late Dr. Chandra Goradia, a renowned PV researcher at Cleveland State University, with US Department of Energy grants, Mr. Sater successfully proved the promise of his invention and introduced it to the market as a commercial product.

In 2007, PhotoVolt management decided to accelerate development of the high intensity concentrator market by forming a new company called GreenField Steam & Electric Co. to develop and commercialize innovative concentrator PV systems utilizing PhotoVolt’s cell technology. The new company successfully raised seed money, developed a radically new concentrator design, made first sales, and secured the IP by filing for many patents. The Company is bringing to market a unique high intensity concentrating PV system named StarGen™ a solution that is ideally suited to leverage the strengths of the PhotoVolt cell, while delivering “free” thermal energy . This system is designed to make maximum use of off-the-shelf components and materials, holding the promise to produce solar energy at significantly lower price points.

In 2008, PhotoVolt, Inc. and GreenField Steam & Electric Co. combined, becoming GreenField Solar Corp. The Company, based near Cleveland Ohio, USA, is working to commercialize its innovative technology and move its products into volume production