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June 19, 2024
ICYMI: Swift Solar’s Series A funding round in the news
Last week, Swift Solar announced the close of our Series A funding round. Co-led by Eni Next and Fontinalis Partners,...
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June 12, 2024
Swift Solar announces $27 million Series A funding round
San Carlos, CA – June 12, 2024 – Swift Solar, a pioneering American solar technology company, today announced the close...
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May 16, 2024
U.S. Department of Energy selects Swift Solar for $7M award
Swift Solar was selected for the largest award for perovskites under the Advancing U.S. Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaics funding program—$7M to...
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April 24, 2024
Leading U.S. solar manufacturers seek new tariffs
Swift Solar joined Qcells, First Solar, and other leading solar manufacturers in a new antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition filed with...
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March 5, 2024
TIME names Swift Solar one of the Top Greentech Companies in America
We’re proud to be listed as the top solar technology company and among the top 15 of 250 leading climatetech...
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January 15, 2024
MIT Tech Review highlights Swift Solar in race to bring next-generation solar technology to market
MIT Technology Review chose “super-efficient” perovskite tandem solar cells as one of its top 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2024. Their...
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Blog Entries
May 22, 2023
TEAMUP Consortium funded to develop more stable and affordable tandem solar cells
The Biden administration and DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced over $80 million in funding to facilitate solar panel manufacturing in...
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December 7, 2022
Swift Solar tackles reverse bias stability of perovskite solar cells, with DOE funding
Shading of just a few cells in a solar panel (module) can stop the entire module from working. These shading...
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October 18, 2022
Pique Action showcases Swift Solar in new climate micro-documentary
From Pique Action: We know that to effectively phase out fossil fuels, we need to optimize different types of renewable...
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Education
April 5, 2022
Electric Future video highlights Swift Solar and perovskite technology
This artfully animated video from Electric Future highlights our #perovskite solar cell technology and our vision for the future of solar. Check it...
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March 8, 2022
John Kerry visits Stanford and talks perovskites
On March 8, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and his team visited Stanford University to learn about...
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October 6, 2021
Swift Solar awarded CA Energy Commission BRIDGE grant to power next-generation electric vehicles with solar
On October 6, the California Energy Commission (CEC) announced new funding awards under its “BRIDGE 2020: Bringing Rapid Innovation Development...
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April 22, 2021
Swift Solar highlighted in MIT climate symposium on research collaborations to decarbonize the energy system
This engagement forum, “Research collaborations to decarbonize the energy system,” was conceived as an opportunity for the MIT community to...
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April 1, 2021
My Climate Journey podcast: Jason Jacobs and Swift CEO Joel Jean discuss perovskites and solar innovation for climate change
This week’s guest is Joel Jean, Co-Founder & CEO of Swift Solar. Before joining Swift, Joel served as Executive Director...
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Education, News
February 11, 2021
Swift Solar CEO Joel Jean discusses perovskite PV commercialization and the future of solar energy on the U.S. Manufacturing of Advanced Perovskites Seminar Series
In a talk titled Perovskites at the Edge of Tomorrow, Swift Solar co-founder and CEO Joel Jean shares a founder’s...
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December 15, 2020
PV Magazine: Swift Solar secures financing to expand its perovskite R&D
Solar PV technology company Swift Solar said it secured more than $8 million in Series Seed 2 funding, with an...
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Press Releases
December 15, 2020
Swift Solar Secures Over $8M in Series Seed 2 Funding with Climate Tech and Deep Tech Investors
SAN CARLOS, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Solar PV technology company Swift Solar announced today that it secured more than $8 million in...
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Blog Entries
December 15, 2020
With Series Seed 2 Round, Climate Tech Leaders Advance the Future of Solar
This month Swift Solar is closing a Series Seed-2 financing round, with expected new investments totaling $9.6M. In this Seed-2...
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November 18, 2020
Three Swift co-founders named on 2020 Global Highly Cited Researchers list
Swift co-founders Tomas Leijtens, Giles Eperon, and Sam Stranks were named on this year’s Highly Cited Researchers list. The list,...
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October 13, 2020
E&E News: This solar panel can go on drones, car roofs
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have come up with a new solar photovoltaic technology. It uses materials...
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