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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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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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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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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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October 8, 2020
PV Magazine: Swift Solar looks to reinvigorate and push the perovskite market forward
Currently, several other companies are targeting single-junction perovskite panels and perovskite-silicon tandems, but Swift Solar is the only one developing...
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September 30, 2020
Swift Solar and NREL receive 2020 R&D 100 Award for lightweight perovskite solar technology
National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s all-perovskite tandem technology could open up an entirely new solar-energy application: vehicles powered directly by photovoltaics...
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September 1, 2020
Swift co-founder Sam Stranks: How a new solar and lighting technology could propel a renewable energy transformation
The demand for cheaper, greener electricity means that the energy landscape is changing faster than at any other point in...
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June 30, 2020
Swift co-founder Joel Jean named on Business Insider’s Rising Stars of Clean Energy list
An enormous transition is underway across the electric grid. Power plants that run on fossil fuels are being replaced by...
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May 20, 2020
MIT Energy Initiative: Startup with MITEI roots develops lightweight solar panels
Joel Jean PhD ’17 spent two years working on The Future of Solar Energy, a report published by the MIT Energy...
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May 13, 2020
Grist: Solar panels are more efficient than you’ve heard
Some of US-MAP’s commercial partners are already thinking about how to get the first perovskite solar panels out into the...
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April 30, 2020
BBC News: A breakthrough approaches for solar power
According to Max Hoerantner, co-founder of Swift Solar, a San Francisco start-up, there are only about 10 start-up firms in...
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April 29, 2020
Swift Solar, NREL, and other perovskite industry players launch US-MAP consortium for U.S. perovskite manufacturing
“Perovskites have the potential to become a game-changer for solar and many other fields,” said Martin Keller, director of NREL....
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February 6, 2020
MIT News features new paper co-authored by Swift co-founder and CEO
Materials called perovskites show strong potential for a new generation of solar cells, but they’ve had trouble gaining traction in...
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January 16, 2020
Swift co-founder Max Hoerantner featured on leading Austrian startup and technology news site
(Translated from German) Swift Solar: How an Austrian builds a solar startup in Silicon Valley He was at ETH Zurich,...
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September 19, 2019
MIT News highlights PV techno-economic analysis by Swift co-founder Joel Jean
A new study shows that, contrary to widespread belief within the solar power industry, new kinds of solar cells and...
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