PNL signed agreement with Rayton Solar to supply low cost Solar panel

Phoenix Nuclear Labs (PNL) announced that it has signed an agreement with Rayton Solar to be the exclusive supplier of high current proton accelerators to produce low cost, high efficiency solar panels. PNL will deliver the first system to Rayton at the end of 2017, followed by several additional units in 2018 and 2019.

Traditional Solar panel manufacturing utilizes diamond wire saws to cut layers of silicon, which result in a substantial amount of wasted silicon. The Rayton process utilizes high current ion beams produced by the PNL technology to cleave thin layers of silicon with zero waste. The process uses 50-100 times less silicon than the traditional method.

Rayton Solar CEO Andrew Yakub said that they are capable of making up to 100 times as many solar panels with the same amount of silicon that their competitors use to make just one panel. The high current, high voltage proton accelerator developed by PNL is critical for their process, and they are thrilled to have them onboard as a long-term partner.

PNL VP of Business Development, Evan Sengbusch said that Rayton Solar’s technology has the potential to increase the availability and decrease the cost of clean, renewable solar energy. They are excited to partner with Rayton to provide a technology vital to their process. This collaboration is a perfect example of advancing the PNL mission by customizing and deploying their technology in ways that better humanity.