Ascent Solar Continues Growth in 2026, Advances Thin-Film PV Technology

Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst

Updated: 5d ago

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Ascent Solar Technologies commented on the commercial progress, industry partnerships and solar PV efficiency improvements it achieved in 2025, as the Company's leadership team looks ahead to continued corporate growth in 2026. Key Company milestones and achievements included: Initiating new strategic partnerships and teaming agreements; Establishing product delivery capabilities; Advancing its thin-film PV product's capabilities; and Partnering with the Georgia Institute of Technology to apply thin-film technology to unmanned aerial vehicle wings for a demonstration aiming to enable continuous flight for ocean monitoring via sea plane vehicles. Ascent's leadership aims to build upon this business momentum in 2026 via: Beginning the year with a production schedule to deliver on existing orders for deployments planned for Q1 2026; Developing and delivering UAV arrays for European partners in the first half of the year; Further advancing the efficiency of the Company's CIGS thin-film technology; Continued advanced environmental testing through Q1 2026 to quantify performance in the extremes of space, including radiation and atomic oxygen resilience testing; and Further building upon the partnerships established in 2025 to meet mutually beneficial goals.

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Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. is a solar technology company that manufactures and sells photovoltaic (PV) solar modules. Its technology provides renewable power solutions to production and specialty solar markets where traditional rigid solar panels are not suitable, including aerospace, agrivoltaics, and niche manufacturing/construction sectors. It designs and develops finished products to design and develop integrated solutions for products, such as satellites, spacecraft, airships, and fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). It is also engaged in developing its zinc oxysulfide process. The Company manufactures its products by affixing a thin Copper-Indium-Gallium-diSelenide (CIGS) layer to a plastic substrate using a large format, roll-to-roll process that permits it to fabricate its PV modules in an integrated sequential operation. It uses monolithic integration techniques, which enable it to form complete PV modules with back-end assembly of inter-cell connections.

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Emily J. Thompson

Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.