CPV specialist GreenVolts in dire straits as ABB walks

ABB has suddenly and unexpectedly pulled its financial backing from concentrating PV (CPV) specialist GreenVolts, potentially spelling doom for the California-based start-up, and deepening concerns about the commercial viability of the sector.

ABB’s decision appeared to come as much of a surprise to GreenVolts as to the rest of the industry, with the company saying the financial pull-back is “so severe” that it has slashed its workforce to the bare minimum needed to maintain customer support and hunt for a buyer for its assets and intellectual property.

It did not take ABB long to decide it had made a mistake on GreenVolts. Last December the Swiss-Swedish engineering giant bought a “significant minority stake” in GreenVolts for $20m through its venture-capital arm.

GreenVolts’s management…

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