Milestones
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- Dec. 2008:
SolFocus and Samaras Group announce plans to develop first CPV Solar Project in Greece.
- Nov. 2008:
SolFocus announces new SF1100S Concentrator PV (CPV) system.
- Nov. 2008:
SolFocus and EMPE Solar sign $103 million deal for 10+MW utility scale project.
- Sept. 2008:
SolFocus first to complete CPV installation at 3MW ISFOC solar power plant.
- Aug. 2008:
Mark Crowley joins SolFocus as President.
- Jul. 2008:
SolFocus completes first 200 kW phase in Puertollano for ISFOC project in Spain.
- Jul. 2008:
SolFocus Expansion of Test Site at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELHA).
- Mar. 2008:
SolFocus appoints senior executives to head European operations.
- Feb. 2008:
SolFocus partners with KGO to install state-of-the-art solar power systems at KGO radio transmitter facility.
- Jan. 2008:
CPV Consortium meeting in Washington D.C. at WIREC resulted in largest attendance to date for a CPV Consortium event.
- Dec. 2007:
SolFocus is first company to install CPV system at 3.0 MW ISFOC project in Spain.
- Nov. 2007:
SolFocus Selects SolFocus Europe Board of Directors; Closes on $63.6 Million funding.
- Nov. 2007:
Formed SolFocus Europe, Inc., HQ in Madrid, Spain.
- Sep. 2007:
Volume Manufacturing launched at Moser Baer in India.
- Sep. 2007:
First closings totaling $52 million in SolFocus Inc. Series B and SolFocus Europe Series A fundings, led by New Enterprise Associates.
- Aug. 2007:
SolFocus opens new corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.
- Jul. 2007:
Acquired Inspira, S.L., innovative tracker designer HQ in Madrid, Spain.
- Jul. 2007:
Established SolFocus Glass Works operations in Mesa, Arizona.
- Jun. 2007:
Installed first 30-Panel Array; Passed ISFOC Qualification.
- Oct. 2006:
Awarded 500kW in ISFOC program in Spain.
- Oct. 2006:
Closed $32M A round led by New Enterprise Associates.
- Sep. 2006:
1st CPV Array Installed.
- Feb. 2006:
$3.2M seed round led by NGEN Partners.
- Jan. 2006:
Founders move into Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).
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- Nov. 2005:
Clean Energy Entrepreneur of Year Award from NREL.
- Nov. 2005:
Founded by Gary D. Conley and Steve Horne in Saratoga, California.