Soitec Award DoD Concentrated Solar PV Contract
French electronics company Soitec (Euronext) has signed with the U.S. Department of Defence to provide a one-megawatt concentrated photovoltaic demonstration system at Fort Irwin, California.
French electronics company Soitec (Euronext) has signed with the U.S. Department of Defence to provide a one-megawatt concentrated photovoltaic demonstration system at Fort Irwin, California.

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