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Alta Devices
Solar energy company
Alta Devices was a US-based specialty gallium arsenide (GaAs) PV manufacturer, which claimed to have achieved a solar cell conversion efficiency record of 29.1%, as certified by Germany's Fraunhofer ISE CalLab. It was purchased by the Chinese company Hanergy in 2013 and was shut down without notice in 2019.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Alta Devices was a US-based specialty gallium arsenide (GaAs) PV manufacturer, which claimed to have achieved a solar cell conversion efficiency record of 29.1%, as certified by Germany's Fraunhofer ISE CalLab. It was purchased by the Chinese company Hanergy in 2013 and was shut down without notice in 2019.2
Timeline
- 2007Founded Founded1
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