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Solterra was a startup that bought a listed "shell" Hague Corp. to get Solterra listed on an exchange without an IPO. Hague was a mining company that was sort of inactive. Hague owns Solterra. The business plan is that Hague will produce and sell Quantum Dots to LED and OLED manufacturers for medical and electronic devices and displays, plus to Solterra for use in solar panels. Solterra will make Solar Panels. We anticipate some news about splitting the companies, and we suppose, issuing shares in Solterra to Hague stock owners, starting a plant, and maybe agreements and contracts. The company in the past only announces when they have an agreement with another company or university. You can read what I guess is the business plan listed as business objectives in the SEC 10k, which serves the double purpose as an annual report. We expect the 10Q we think coming tomorrow to have more information and announcements, but who knows?
Solterra plans initial target of 1GW production line
Quotes taken from Stephen Squires (President and CEO) of Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc.) written article for INTERPV magazine, Oct. 2009 issue, P. 54-56.
Comments by Puravida19.
1. Solterra “will scale up Quantum Dot synthesis to achieve 100 kg/day production.”
Solterra plans to mass produce Quantum Dots in conjunction with technology and improved processes from Access2Flow, a European company that has created a way to just that. Solterra has retained the rights to any improvements in the process of producing quantum dots that are discovered in the project. The ability to produce Quantum Dots becomes a matter of scale – the number of machines added to the production line, because the ingredients are all low cost and readily available.
2.“This QD output will become solar cell target for operation at the initial target of 100 meters per minute.”
Amazingly, this is the minimal projected production for a Solterra production line. Mr. Squires states “our qdot cell design is based upon simple roll-to-roll print processing that has been around for many years. Even 20-year-old equipment runs 300 m per min and today’s newer machines easily exceed 600 m per minute. If you had a machine capable of printing money at 600 m per minute would you operate it at 10 m per minute? I think not. It’s not being done because up until qdot solar comes online, it simply cannot be done.
3.“At a nominal work schedule of 5 days per week and 8 hours per day, this will create an expandable output of well over 1Gigawatt (1000 Megawatts) per year in solar cell production.”
What if we run the production line 2 shifts?
What if we run the production line at 600 m per minute?
1 GW x 2 shifts x 6 times speed = 12 GW per year from one production line.
4.“This will enable the largest, but minimally complex solar lines in the industry, with production technology for both the quantum dot production and the solar cell line that are globally scalable and repeatable.”
Hague Corp. will produce and profit from Quantum Dots. They are responsible for ramping up production to initially 100 kg per day. Until now, Squires says, “all the qdot manufacturers combined have only produced less than 100 kg per year.” Hague will dominate the Qdot arena. To paraphrase Mr. Squires, if you can print money with one machine, why wouldn’t you use 600?
Solterra will produce Solar Panels by the roll. They could be shipped elsewhere for finishing into a casing and mounting system closer to the project site of large area grids that is the market Solterra is targeting. Or, the roll could be cut to panels to size and then shipped to the appropriate continent for final assembly. This system is lower cost for Solterra as a startup, especially because the money is in the panels, not the covering. It allows more profit and customization for the independent Assembler and Installers, and therefore, exponentially, more uses for our panels compared to other makes.
Thank you, Snowcloud, I appreciate your keeping
your eye on us!
Volume higher than yesterday, but still light.
Everyone looking for the 10Q to come out.
At 1pm NY time, looks like it will come out at
end of day or Monday.
HGUE at .12cents. Gotta like that if you are a buyer.
Mr. Squires article mentioned in IH8ALOSS's email
is a must read for everyone. It tells the direction
Mr. Squires is taking Solterra re quantum dots.
He is positioning CdSe Quantum Dots as the only PV
low cost - high output material capable of mass
production to meet lofty 20% by 2020 goals for
alternative energy goals if we are to prevent
gloval warming. He finishes his article saying that
the industry must come around and adopt Quantum
Dots as the solar panel solution if we are to meet
these goals. Because he is taking the position as
an industry leader rather than as a Solterra booster,
I suppose that Hague might be partial to licensing
the technology for printing, but directly selling
quantum dots to any manufacturing sub-contractor
that wants in on a good thing. We have the exclusive
license and can dictate how much production they do,
and Hague profits on additional quantum dot sales.
It's like franchising!
Thanks, DDABET, I'll do my best.
Jeddah is a port. Ridayh is inland. Easier shipping from Jeddah.
One thing about the Saudis is that they like to hedge their bets. they are still exploring all technologies, and thats why they signed a $1 bil silicon wafer plant this week. And its that reason that they would want Solterra at their new university. What good is having the newest and best if you are going down the wrong path?
I read the article and if thats been Squires mantra these last few months, namely, Solterra is the only choice, IMHO he makes the case in the article. We'll see if it flies elsewhere!
It's good to have friends, Ih8aloss. Thanks so much!
Thanks for the article. It gives the CEO's vision for
quantum dots as the ONLY viable solar panel material
capable of filling the world's needs over the next 20 years.
It tells how he is going to do it, and its not pie in the sky.
This has to be one of the most grounded people I have read about. I would like to meet him one day.
Above all, he talks about why he believes in quantum dots separate from Solterra, even if he were not involved with Solterra.
I just put in an order for more shares.
By the way, my wife gives me hell for buying so much too.
She'll thank me one day.
You said it!
The more I read about CdSe and Quantum Dots the more excited
I become. You can google CdSe and there is a lot of research,
but when you try to find CdSe among the Solar Companies, you can't find a reference to it. There is a lot of CdTe, but as
we know, that is much more expensive and does not have the
same properties as the CdSe.
Solterra definitely has the lead in commercialization, and hopefully is in the process of wrapping up the patents worldwide for the processes for cooking the quantum dots, mass-producing the quantum dots, printing the quantum dots, mass-printing the quantum dots and collecting the money for the above!
Re: the Saudi Plant talked about in the articles I posted and Ih8aloss posted. The site for the plant is Jeddah. Doing some sniffing around on the web, I found that a brand new university KAUST opened 50 miles away in September. Of course, it has a Solar Department and will have the newest equipment and the brightest minds from Stanford, U of Texas and others visiting under a program. This University already has an endowment of $10 billion dollars. It does not take much a stretch to deduce that if Solterra was setting up a plant, that Rice and U of Arizona and Arizona State might be invited to join the research at KAUST, and Solterra might benefit from the research that will be done at this university over the coming years. Just another supposition, I have so much time on my hands! LOL.
You posted so much I lost track, DMCD5! Sorry!
Hey Ih8aloss, you posted this a while back-
Nice find Puravida, the 11-9-09 article would be in line with the cancellation of the Saudi summit presentation. They didn't have to present to the Venture Capitalists because they have already secured or are very close to completing the deal for spinning off Solterra. One of the holdups was selecting which company & exchange to be listed on, rumor had choices between London and Dubai. What a problem to be having at this time of the companies development
.........
Where did you get all that info? About not going to the Saudi conference and about listing on foreign exchanges? and the reason for the delay of the 10Q? Can any of it be confirmed? Do you know any more about the plant and the Saudis? It's great info if true, but no one ever returned my calls from Hague or Phoenix. Inquiring minds want to know!
By the way, some new stuff on Solterra website.
DMcD5, they posted the Quantum Dot photos you have in the IBox as a new thing this week!
Also, I never noticed these research papers on the site before-
http://www.solterrasolarcells.com/company_research.php
Have they been there for a while?
D - is thare any way you can fix the charts on the IBox?
I can't see them anymore Do you need some help on this board?
Limit orders get filled at best price below the limit you offer to pay. Maybe thats what happened.
Volume up 3 days in a row over 200k so far today - must be anticipation of news.
There is nothing new when I google but someone must know something or there wouldn't be this sudden interest. Maybe word of mouth that we started is finally spreading. I have not had time to go back to all the boards I posted on.
Stock today went from the .09s, to .10, .105, now .11 cents
Climbing the wall back up. Some people have got bargains this week. Santa came in the form of a discount in stock price. For others it will have to come as an increase in stock price.
LOL.
I have the feeling that the 10Q is going to be filed at the last possible minute. I think we can expect a flurry of news over the next month to make up for the lack of news so far. LOL!
More suppositions -
Look at what Solterra has done so far-
- the leak of the plant was an accident. Could be that the reporter attended the Rice conference and heard about it there. In other words, the reporter heard about it from some industry source and Squires had to confirm it. There has been no PR from Solterra about it otherwise. The 10K annual report does not mention it and only says Solterra is pursuing business from the middle east.
- first priority was getting the 10K submitted. they did that.
- 10K mentions the standstill agreement extended to Dec. 1. would the investors have extended it if he was not making progress?
-10K mentions getting Rice to transfer license to Solterra. That probably doesn't happen overnight, probably needs a string of approvals.
- unmentioned is how Solterra splits from Hague, either thru IPO or thru another shell purchase, perhaps, or thru listing on a foreign exchange. If that has been in the works under the business plan, after the Rice approves the license transfer, they announce whatever deal with the Saudis, and set a date to sell shares to the public and distribute shares to Hague stockholders.
- or maybe there is an angel investor or company that aligns with us, putting up beau-coup bucks for a small percentage, instantly valuing our company in the billions like Facebook did. (OK, even I don't think this will happen! LOL)
My point is that all the changes to come shortly have been in the works for a while. During the summer, Squires strongly suggested Solterra had been chosen by the Saudis in the PRs. With that in his pocket Squires got the standstill agreement until he could cause the restructure and company split. I think the 10Q reports what happened last quarter and some of this comes out. It is the perfect time to announce. It could happen.
Looking at today's filing - I noticed ...
the amount on the bottom line - take a look -
PART IV
OTHER INFORMATION
(1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this notification
Steven Morse
(2) Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If the answer is no, identify report(s).
x Yes ¨ No
(3) Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations from the corresponding period for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the earnings statements to be included in the subject report or portion thereof?
x Yes ¨ No
If so: attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively and quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the reasons why a reasonable estimate of the results cannot be made. Three months ended September 30, 2009 Net loss—approximately $562,050 versus $35,462 for 2008
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You think you could run up a bill of half a million dollars building a plant in Saudi Arabia if you are self funding and don't want to dilute your stock?
Another thought - when they delayed the 10k, they asked for a full extension and took the change in listing status, even though it is not good because it is usually seen as one step away from de-listing due to imminent failure. This time, I can't see them wanting to take another extension and add the "e" again, if that is an option, because I'm guessing they have to be current with the SEC to make structural changes. Therefore, I think this Friday they will submit the 10Q with un update on what they did with the money! Just a guess.
Hague filed for delay of the 10Q to the SEC
They submitted a document saying that because
of the "loss" last quarter they would file it
"The registrant undertakes the responsibility to file such quarterly report no later than five days after its original due date."
Can someone who knows tell me what that date would be?
If it was today (Sunday was Oct. 15), then it would be
due either Friday or next Monday. Is that correct?
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Regarding the stock price, someone must have panicked
and undloaded some stock and somebody got lucky and
bought the dip. Either that or maybe there was some
confusion between HGUEE and HGUE this morning.
Google Finance is still showing HGUEE and Friday's close.
Ih8aloss, you are ubiquitous!
Every financial discussion group I go
to, you have already been there
causing trouble. I hope you own a
lot of this stock or else your returns
against hours worked is going to be way low!
We need some clones like you to go out and help
spread the word this week and get the price
up so Squires can get a better deal for us
in whatever he is doing this week.!
Google "stock discussion groups" or
"penny stock discussion groups" not on
investorshub.com and post a message on 5 of them.
If we can get the stock over .17 cents, it
could run to the mid .20s or higher.
This is the link to the complete 10K and attachments.
Lets drop this on each discussion group and tell them
to read the business overview and get their minds blown!
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1403570/000101376209002046/0001013762-09-002046-index.htm
Let's spread the word!
Hi,
I am a strong supporter of Solterra Renewable Technologies,
a division of Hague Corp. Symbol and board = HGUE
Hague released their annnual report within their 10K filed on Friday. Its over 50 pages, but has their business plan.
They have not released a PR on this, but I found a report that they are now building a solar plant in Saudi Arabia, after undergoing intense vetting.
Stock is .145 and has increased from .08 in the last two weeks.
Good chance for Hague spinning off Solterra very soon, like before Dec. 1. Float is 24.6 mil w/ 73 mil total shares.
This is a company that will mass produce solar panels, and would be eventually be looking for resellers to package and sell panels retail. Their main business right now is not solar parks, but Large Area Solar Grids, part of Saudi Arabia's 500 billion Kingdom Expansion Project and TREC's $500 billion project.
They have been under the radar because Hague was a shell company they bought last year and never changed the category to solar from mining. The company only releases done deals.
Hague Solterra will do more to save the Earth
than 99 percent of the businesses in the world.
I am no EcoRadical but I do what I can in my
personal life, recycling and trying to cut down
my use of non-recyclable goods.
Hague Solterra truly has the potential to reduce
the carbon waste - our carbon footprint - than
any other company. By being the first company to
mass produce Quantum Dot thin film PV solar panels
they will produce a greater good than any other
corporate effort.
First, Solterra Solar Panels use less overall
material than silicon based Panels which need
a substrate like glass, silicon or metal. Our
panels are lightweight poly-film.
Second, Solterra Solar uses raw materials that
are more common, less expensive, and less toxic
than any of its main competitors. We're not using
up limited resources.
Third, "Our standard product warranty is expected to include a five-year warranty period for defects in material and workmanship and a 20-year warranty period for declines in power performance beyond specified levels. "
The low cost of production and materials makes
offering an exceptional warranty a no-brainer and expresses
confidence in the quality and longlife of quantum dots.
The longer the product goes without replacement, the better
for the environment. Of course, Solterra's goals are
improvement in efficiency from 6%, to 10% to 20% over the
next few years, rendering earlier panels less optimal.
However, there could very possibly be a resale market for
less efficient solar panels that would still do the job for
smaller installations' needs.
Fourth, from the Business Overview in the 10-K, "Our objective is to become one of the first solar module manufacturer to offer a solar electricity solution that competes on a non-subsidized basis with the price of retail electricity in key markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Management believes that the manufacture of our thin film quantum dot solar cells can introduce a cost effective disruptive technology that can help accelerate the conversion from a fossil fuel dependent energy infrastructure to one based on renewable, carbon-neutral energy sources. We believe that our proposed products also can be a part of the solution to greenhouse gases and global warming."
By producing low cost "free" Solar electricity, less carbon-based polluting fuels are used, cost per watt comes down and air quality improves, less ozone is produced, and global warming is reduced.
The key is that Solterra will be able to mass-produce its
product and make solar panel initial cost affordable without
government subsidy. Remember, Solterra claims they can produce in one day what a typical solar plant produces in a month. By having a fixed low cost per watt, people will not be subject or held hostage to increasing carbon based fuel costs.
One can imagine poly-film solar panels on the roof of electric cars or even sprayed onto the vehicle roof surface itself eliminating the need for gasoline. One little reported feature of Quantum Dots is their tunability to light frequency and increased bandwidth. The absorption of unseen infrared frequency makes Solterra Solar products useful in non-sunny days, and even at night!
Quantum Dots in medical and electronic devices will allow lower cost lighting for displays and virtually every application. They will be ecologically smaller, lighter, longer lasting, less toxic and they will start a million new un-thought-of uses for them.
"Lower cost per watt" and "less raw materials" is GREEN.
In this way, we are the Anti-MacDonalds, where they use 10 times the energy and water to produce a lb. of beef than to produce vegetables, where they produce waste byproducts of packaging, Solterra will use less to produce more electricity.
Mass Production of the Solterra Solar Panels improves everyone's quality of life- Air quality, for example, and at the same time means less need for nuclear, oil, and even hydro power, conserving dwindling, and ever more expensive resources.
Solterra's goal is to produce gigawatts of electricity per year. Over 20 years, if the technology keeps increasing, we could produce mega-gigawatts of power each year. Mass Production is the game changer that the disruptive technology of quantum dots enambles and makes Hague Solterra potentially the company that can change the world.
The more use of solar energy, the better and greener the world will be. Solar energy means true energy independence.
DMcD5= about the float - Page 1 of the 10-K
As of November 5, 2009, the number of shares of Common Stock held by non-affiliates was approximately 24,600,000 shares with a market value of $3,198,000 based upon a last sale for our Common Stock of $.13 as of the closed of business on November 5, 2009.
As of November 10, 2009, the issuer had 73,725,167 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share outstanding.
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Aren't the Non-affiliates the float? So, under 25 million float. If the word ever gets out, that is not a lot of shares to go around. If your name is not somewhere in the 10-k, you would be a non-affiliate.
To me, the 10-K is very good news, now that I have read it through. We don't have a lot of expenses and a million here or there is not going to break us. The 10-K shows we will not have a lot of infrastructure costs - but will have developmental and research costs. Point is money is manageable.
I am confident that if we are building a plant in Saudi Arabia as reported, then there is money and a contract there.
That gives Squires ammunition to get everything else done.
The 10-k shows that we are targeting large clients and plan to sell high quantities at comparitively low prices that will still be high profit to us. Squires is predicting production in Q1 which I don't know if he means Jan-Mar or July-Sept. Either way, the 10-k spells out that we have the competitive edge in multiple areas so when we do ramp up production, we will have a huge advantage. If it is a question of how long till we get there, I can wait. I am in, as close as to the creation as anyone can get and will ride this awakening dragon for a long time. I don't care about rumors, everything is unfolding in its own time. I wasn't a millionaire yesterday, and if I have to wait till tomorrow, so to speak, that is ok.
It still looks to me that Hague will be able to produce high income from direct sales of quantum dots to display and medical equipment manufacturers. Based on what I read of current quantum dot sales in the industry at high prices, when we ramp up mass production of Kilograms we could have a cash flow of $1 million per week within a years time. I wrote about this estimate around the time the Access2flow deal was announced. In forward years, we would be looking at multiples of that depending on how much we can produce. Producing quantum dots will be like printing money.
If anyone can find a penny stock with this much potential I would be damn surprised. I look at this like getting into Microsoft when it was under a buck. Gotta have my brewski!
The 10-K spells out the basics of the business plan
plus explains the advantages of the quantum dot
over the competition.
It is a long document, but the roadmap for Solterra
is all in there. It is very encouraging.
Solterra has a good relationship with Rice U. and
should be able to get their cooperation in transferring
the license from Solterra to Hague. Basically, if the
whole enterprise fails, the license is rescinded, so it
does not matter who's name is on the paper, Solterra
or Hague. Rice gets their "asset" back upon insolvency.
There is no need to publicise the plant because Hague
and Solterra need to become two companies before
sales contracts are done. The Solar Panel biz comes
first and that has to go to Solterra, not Hague.
Hague gets the quantum dot sales business to Solterra
and OLED and LED manufacturers, and that will be
developed after the solar panel biz gets started.
Hague plans to become self-funded through some sort
of fast-track IPO for Solterra, I think. (That part is not spelled out).
There are numerous exhibits attached to the 10-k which
show the agreements in place with Rice U. and various
investors. All in all, Mr. Squires seems to have his
priorities in place, his ducks in a row, and is proceeding
to pick them off one by one on his schedule, getting
cooperation from his business circle as needed, when
needed. His impressive resume is among the documents.
As a shareholder, I am very encouraged that shares
are used as currency, for options, payment for services,
and raising funds. This tells me that there is little
likelihood of share shenanigans down the road that
would be at the expense of the float shareholders.
I have to believe there is a plan that is contingent
on things happening in a certain order, and everything
will be revealed as it happens and not before they
are ready to take Solterra public. As I see it, that
is either Dec. 1 when they fulfill the standstill
agreement, or Dec 31, when Rice's next installment
is due.
Some points about the 10K and concerns
1. Squires sold stock to loan Hague $85000 for cash flow.
2. He negotiated the due date extension for the standstill to Dec.1. Today is already the 13th. Lot to be done in 2 weeks.
3. He wants two separate companies and it is dependent on Rice allowing Hague to be the Licensee instead of Solterra.
I don't know how easy that will be to get them to transfer the license. Hague is just a shell. Solterra has the scientists. If they don't get it they can't split the company and raise capital with Solterra going public.
4. He needs to raise a lot of money quickly. If we have a commitment from the Saudis, it should not be hard.
Basically this is an annual report - historical document about what has been done to date, to satisfy the SEC. I couldn't read it all - got to go to bed now. It's good this is over with!
HGUEE busting out tomorrow when SEC 10-k goes in
and will be made HGUE probably Monday.
But the fireworks are tomorrow.
Possible 5 to 10 bagger.
80% increase already this month on
anticipated news. HGUE board members discoverd
news prior to official release.
We just have to wait.
I saw Investorshub has something like 175000 members and there are onl 4-5 active posters here. It is unbelievable
how "under the radar" this stock is, especially so close
to major news. Everyone is concerned with instant
gratification nowadays and if a stock can't be pumped
then there is no interest. No such thing as buy and hold
anymore.
One question I have about how to translate projected
earnings or sales to stock price. If they can say that the deal is worht hypothetically, say, $100 million dollars to Hague in the next year, and we have say, 70 million shares, that means the stock is worth how much?
Can someone give me some stock price projections using
$100 million as a hypothetical sales/yr estimate?
Ih8aloss - I like the second sentence of yours -
Large volumes of printed QD solar cells will be used in large-area grid applications by companies in the Middle East construction market.
And Squires said, 'There are several solar module manufacturers ready and waiting to transfer our printed cells into large area devices.
Here is my deductive speculation - one interpretation of the above - my best guess -
Solterra will be in the business of mass producing only the solar panel "insert" not the mounting. The mounting is cheap, and it is bulky and low profit. The money is in the panel itself, not the wrapping. It can be shipped either by the roll or by the flat sheet to the final assembly on-site spot. This is a further cost savings I had not even thought about. The client gets to use their own mounting that's best for their purpose, we don't have to do "custom made to order" mountings, and we do not have high manufacturing, storage space/inventory concerns for them. We will be the McDonalds of the Solar Industry. Billions Served! Our Solar Plants need only be a fraction of typical size plants. We can set them up anywhere.
I love the words "large-area grid applications". We are talking HUGE applications. This is providing electricity for cities, not just hospitals or universities. "Large-Area" means square miles covered with Solterra Quantum Dot PV Solar Sheets.
Solterra is not selling onesy-twosy rooftop panels to Ma and Pa. We are selling in Bulk. We can produce in 12 days what most solar panel plants produce in a year. We can produce 30 times as fast as the competition. I read this week that First Solar, the largest PV company production is sold out in production orders. We will never be sold out and we can take their excess business, or of those who don't want to wait and do want highest quality, lowest cost, and now, the fastest time.
Finally, we may have more customers than the Saudis right now.
The selection process mentioned in the June PR said that TREC was involved:
If selected, the Solterra solar cell facility would be part of an initiative to build a transmission super grid of power plants and power lines to supply energy to Europe and to seawater desalination plants in the Middle East and North Africa. The initiative has been spearheaded by the Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation, or TREC, a consortium led by the renowned "Club of Rome," which includes the German Aerospace Bureau and several universities in Europe and the Middle East.
So, we may be involved in TWO $500 Billion Projects, Saudi Arabia's and TREC.
You know, I have the greatest respect for Mr. Squires. He has done an amazing job in one years time. In small companies especially, the CEO is the salesman. He had to go into Saudi Arabia, with a company in debt, with no infrastructure except a small office and lab rentals at two Universities, a staff of maybe a half dozen, with some vials of nanoparticles in rainbow colors suspended in liquid and maybe some experimental solar panels. The competition is British Petroleum Solar, Shell Oil Solar, and, I am sure, all the major PV Solar firms, some already in production. He had to withstand an extensive vetting by an independent firm. And he had to look the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the eye and say, " we can do it much cheaper, with higher quality, efficiency, longer life, faster production, lighter weight, flexibility of end product, and we are ready now." And close the deal. If there is an award for Executive of the Year, he should win it unanimously. Thank you, Sir, Extraordinary!
This is unofficial
I found this online today - there is a paragraph refering to Solterra in the body. Obviously, this is a magazine article that was not anticipated to be published prior to the official announcement. Check the link yourself and do your DD - This is not official, but it quotes Squires - Puravida19
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Power from plastic by Lou Reade, 09/11/2009 -(english date form)
http://www.soci.org/Chemistry-and-Industry/CnI-Data/2009/21/Power-from-plastic
Solar power is on the rise. In 2008, the amount of energy generated by solar cells rose by 80%. The vast majority of solar cells are based on silicon. According to consultancy Solarbuzz, they account for more than 90% of the market, with thin film solar cells – based on cheaper substrates such as plastic – taking up only 7%. But the European Photovoltaic Industry Association says that thin film solar cells could account for around 20% of the market by the end of 2010, thanks to their lower price, rising efficiencies and manufacturing flexibility.
Organic solar cells are much cheaper than conventional solar cells, but have two main disadvantages: they convert sunlight to electricity much less efficiently – typically around 3% – and they are relatively flimsy and short-lived. And while a few organic solar cell technologies are already commercial – Solterra’s Quantum Dot and Konarka’s Power Plastic are two examples – many research teams are working on alternative technologies, or trying to boost system performance further.
Better protection IMEC, the Belgian electronics research centre – in collaboration with materials specialist Cytec – is looking to develop a commercially viable method to make organic devices last ‘beyond five years’. The team will attack the problem in two ways: by stabilising the structure of the photoactive substances on the cell surface; and by developing a barrier encapsulation technology to protect the surface from damage by oxygen and water.
It has already made progress in the first of these tasks. The blend of conjugated polymers and fullerene acceptor molecules in the active layer tends to undergo phase segregation over time, which is accelerated at higher temperature. ‘Fullerenes tend to crystallise and aggregate into lumps,’ says Tom Aernouts, team leader for organic photovoltaics at IMEC. ‘This will affect device performance.’
Adding bulky side chains to the polymer backbone helps to make the conjugated polymer more soluble. The higher molecular weight also makes the molecule heavier and less mobile and more temperature stable, Aernouts says. The side chains can be crosslinked with the fullerene, to further stabilise the mixture. Standard cells have lifetimes of ‘a few hundred hours’ before their performance decreases by 20%. Aernouts says that some of IMEC’s new compounds have seen a tenfold increase in lifetime.
IMEC’s efforts to develop a barrier layer are an attempt to replace silicon oxides, which work well but are brittle and do not ‘flex’, with the PET substrate.
‘The big challenge is to find barrier layers that are transparent,’ Aernouts says.
The two-year project combines Cytec’s expertise in interfacial engineering and coating technology with IMEC’s experience in organic solar cell processing and analysis.
In separate research, IMEC has demonstrated a potentially cheap way of mass-producing organic solar cells. It has used spray-coating – which is commonly used in industrial coating – to deposit an active layer and a metal top contact layer on a plastic substrate. The active layer is a solution of two substances: a conductive polymer known as P3HT and a fullerene acceptor molecule, PCBM. When deposited by spray-coating, it showed power conversion efficiencies above 3%, which is comparable to that of spin-coated devices. For the metal top contact, IMEC
spray-coated a solution of silver nanoparticles, and sintered it at 150°C – compatible with processing on flexible substrates.
The spray method has several advantages: it can cover larger areas, so could be used to make larger cells; and it is easy to scale up, so is more suitable for mass production.
‘R&D on organic solar cells has now reached the stage where we can consider low-cost, highvolume manufacturing,’ says Aernouts. ‘This is essential for the uptake of this technology by industry.’
These two strands of IMEC’s research – its spray coating technique, and its attempts to extend solar cell lifetimes – are complementary, Aernouts adds. ‘The end point will be to combine them. This could happen within two years.’
As well as having a much lower price, organic solar cells could be produced much more flexibly. Instead of relying on a silicon foundry, plastic solar cells could be produced as easily as a newspaper or magazine.
US company Solterra has already begun to build a commercial plant in Jeddah City in Saudi Arabia, which will supply its Quantum Dot solar cells to the booming construction market there. It expects to begin mass production early in 2010. ‘Several solar module manufacturers are waiting to transfer our printed cells into large area devices,’ says ceo Steve Squires. ‘We expect to start shipping at the end of Q1.’
At the same time, Konarka has developed a line of solar panels, for applications such as battery chargers, handbags and restaurant umbrellas, that will be available to product developers by the end of this year. Its Power Plastic 20 Series includes the Power Plastic 120 (1 Watt), 320 (3W) and 620 (7W) products. Panels vary in size and are available with or without integrated connectors – so are ready to use or can be integrated into a manufacturer’s device or product. ‘Manufacturers from new and existing markets will integrate these solar panels into their products,’ says Rick Hess, president and ceo. ‘Initial applications will address portable and remote power needs.’
In 2010, Konarka plans to launch products for higher and lower voltage applications.
Cells by the metre Solterra and Konarka may have stolen a lead in their commercialisation plans, but other research teams are developing their own methods to print organic solar cells.
CSIRO, the Australian research organisation, calls it ‘solar cells by the metre’. It is working with a number of partners, including BP Solar, roofing supplier Bluescope Steel and Merck, to develop a ‘reel to reel’ printing process for organic solar cells.
Securency International – whose products include polymer banknotes for countries such as Australia and Thailand – will carry out the printing. Peter Batchelor, Victoria’s minister for energy and resources, said at the launch of the project: ‘The production of these film-like solar cells will literally be as easy as printing money.’ The ability to print solar cells onto thin film substrates will make energy generation far more portable: solar cells could easily be incorporated into building components, such as roofs or panels, enabling efficient local energy generation, says CSIRO.
By 2020, it expects to be producing 100,000km/ year of polymeric solar cells, which could generate as much energy as a conventional coal-fired or nuclear power station. CSIRO says its understanding of structure– property relationships in electronic polymer materials gives it a ‘unique competitive advantage’.
In similar fashion, at the University of Texas at Austin, US, chemical engineer Brian Korgel believes he can cut the costs of solar cells by 90%. He says that special conductive inks, which incorporate nanoparticles, could be printed onto substrates such as plastic, stainless steel or glass. Other than ‘printing’ reels of cells, it might allow roof structures or even windows to be turned into solar arrays. ‘You’d have to paint the light absorbing material and a few other layers,’ he says. ‘This is one step in the direction towards “paintable” solar cells.’
The light-absorbing ‘nano-inks’ were originally based on silicon, but are now made using copper indium gallium selenide technology, or CIGS, through spin-off company Innovalight, because it is cheaper and ‘benign in terms of environmental impact’. Korgel and his team have published a proof of- concept (J. Am. Chem. Soc., doi: 10.1021/ ja905922j). Their solar cells currently have an efficiency of 1% which is yet to be optimised. ‘If we get to 10%, there’s a real potential for commercialisation,’ Korgel says. ‘If it works, you could see it being used in three to five years.’
Process improvement Production processes also need to be understood and refined if solar cells are to reach their magic target of 10% efficiency. In the UK, the Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC) recently received £20m government backing to enhance its ‘open access’ facilities, which help SMEs to develop prototypes in applications including organic solar cells. Facilities include a Class 1000 cleanroom and a reel to reel vacuum coater.
At Washington University in the US, David Ginger is leading a team looking at the minutest detail of solar cells in an attempt to find the most promising materials and process conditions.
Organic solar cells are manufactured by putting two electrically conductive substances on a matrix surface, then baking them. Microscopic – or even nanoscopic – bubbles and channels will form within the conductive layer, reducing conversion efficiency. By understanding exactly how much current these bubbles and channels carry, Ginger hopes to refine the production process in order to maximise efficiency (Nano Letters, doi:10.1021/ nl901358v). ‘The exact structure of bubbles and channels is critical to performance,’ Ginger reports. ‘But the relationship between baking time, bubble size, channel connectivity and efficiency has been difficult to understand.’ He studied a blend of polythiophene and fullerene, which are basic to solar cell research. While he says this particular blend is unlikely ever to attain a 10% efficiency, it is useful because the responses to heat can be extrapolated to other materials.
Various ‘recipes’ – baked at different temperatures for different lengths of time – were analysed using atomic force microscopy: a tiny platinum or gold tip, with a point less than 20nm wide, is traced back and forth across the material’s surface to record the current within a bubble or channel. The technique could be used to analyse other polymer mixtures, and quickly determine which are most likely to have higher efficiencies. As the efficiency of organic solar cells improves, Ginger believes they will be incorporated into purses or backpacks, to charge electronic devices such as mobile phones. But in future, their role will be in true power generation. ‘The solution to the energy problem is going to be a mix, but in the long term solar power is going to be the biggest part of that,’ he says.
Lou Reade is a freelance science writer based in Kent, UK
It's about time!
We'll never see these prices this low again, IMHO!
Last chance to get in under .20 cents!
Be bold!
When we get the Newski...
I'll just have a brewski.
ROLF!
While we are waiting, a little musical entertainment for you-
Keping the Faith
Wow! 4 straight days at .13 cents
No news, days from de-listing and
no one is selling. That is faith
in this company and management.
The extraordinary talent of the scientists.
The seriously well connected leadership that snagged
exclusive presentations to serious investors and
buyers at Rice Alliance and Saudi Arabia.
That has kept this all under wraps until ready.
One might be a little worried at the
lack of news, but I know that all the
management would not have bothered to issue
the stock options late october if they didn't
think the stock was going to go up.
Hang on!
Good luck to all.
Solterra's exclusive agreements & competitive advantages
(I am only taking relevant parts from the press releases to make my points)
University of Arizona enters into exclusive worldwide licensing agreement for Solterra Renewable Technologies to fabricate its patented light-emitting diodes or LED screen-printing technology.
Hague/Solterra today announced an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with the University of Arizona for the patented, intellectual property covering screen-printing techniques for the fabrication of organic light emitting diodes.
The University of Arizona pioneering technology makes significant improvements over prior art. Organic LED / OLED based displays now have the potential to be manufactured using very high volume, low cost roll-to-roll print processing on inexpensive substrates.
Note: This is for a roll-to-roll screen printing press - not on glass or silicon. This is non-vacuum process. That's two major advances and time and cost-cutting processes in one agreement.
From the same PR:
Organic light emitting diodes, known generally as LEDs, are an essential component of displays, batteries, sensors, conductors and computer memory.
Solterra's CEO Stephen Squires explained that there are essential similarities between the screen-printing techniques to fabricate LEDs and the screen printing technology that Solterra is currently optimizing to print quantum dots to make thin-film solar cells.
Using this licensing agreement to fabricate LEDs using screen printing techniques will greatly reduce the costs of LEDs, Squires explained. The high cost of producing LEDs has limited its uses; and therefore a dramatic cost reduction will greatly expand LED use, he added.
"There are useful similarities in the underlying design and manufacturing technology for quantum dot solar cells and other printed electronics applications such as batteries, sensors, conductors, lighting, logic and memory," he said.
Squires noted LED/OLED displays will likely emerge as the second most significant market for printed electronics.
"When you can leverage a single enabling technology, such as our semiconductor quantum dots, to enter two or more different, but massive, markets without straying from your core competencies, the business opportunity is very compelling," he said.
Note: This is a second major industry for Solterra. If it were the only one, it would still make a compelling case for investing in Solterra.
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Solterra Concludes Worldwide Exclusive License with Rice University.
The Rice process produces same-sized particles, in which more than 90 percent are tetrapods; previously even in the best recipe less than 50 percent of the prepared particles were tetrapods. Furthermore, the Rice process uses much cheaper raw materials and fewer purification steps reducing the production cost by 80% or more. A positively charged molecule called cetyltrimethylammonium bromide provides this drastic improvement in tetrapod manufacture. This compound, found in some shampoos, also happens to be 100 times cheaper than alkylphosphonic acids and is far safer, further simplifying the manufacturing process.
Note: Lowest cost Quantum Dot; highest purity/quality batch of quantum dot; lowest cost of materials; simpler manufacturing process with less steps.
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Hague Corp. Subsidiary Solterra Renewable Technologies Signs Memorandum Of Understanding With Access2Flow To Develop Revolutionary, Cost-Effective Mass Production Of Quantum Dots
TEMPE, Ariz., Aug 12, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Hague Corp.'s , wholly owned subsidiary Solterra Renewable Technologies, Inc., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Netherlands-based Access2Flow Holdings BV to develop a low-cost continuous process for mass producing quantum dots that will revolutionize the economics of quantum dot and solar cell production.
Under the terms of the MOU, Access2Flow, a joint venture of FutureChemistry Holding BV and Flowid BV, will adapt its highly regarded, proven chemical flow technology to create a machine that will produce quantum dots in multi-kilogram quantities per day versus current technology that only produces grams per day.
CEO Stephen Squires of Solterra Technologies said, "Bringing these two disruptive technologies together changes the world of quantum dot production and puts Solterra in the lead. It enables Solterra to escalate present production from mere grams per day to a process that is capable of producing quantum dots 24 hours per day, 7 days a week."
Squires said that Access2Flow has determined that Solterra's quantum dot synthesis technology is uniquely suited for this transition from batch processing to a continuous flow process. Access2Flow's pioneering work in continuous flow chemistry is in the forefront of the "lab to factory" concept, process optimization and tight quality control that is required for implementation of commercial-scale production of quantum dots.
Solterra will own all intellectual property resulting from the optimization efforts, in line with Solterra's long-term business objective to broaden its technology offerings in quantum dot-based products and advanced materials, he added.
A key barrier in commercial development of quantum dot technologies has been price. Quantum dots can cost from $3,000 to $10,000 per gram, restricting their use to highly specialized applications, according to Nature Magazine June 2009 "Quantum Dots Go Large."
Squires also noted that low-cost materials and this advanced continuous flow chemistry provide a path to high quality affordable quantum dots to enable rapid commercialization of solar cells, flexible displays, flash memory devices and LED lighting.
Squires said that Solterra is planning to leapfrog solar cell production capacity that remains fairly limited and expensive, by implementation of non silicon based high-throughput printing techniques for its quantum dot solar cells to eventually exceed gigawatt-scale yearly production.
He explained that availability of raw material input for competing silicon-based solar cells has been an issue in recent years, and the amount of silicon wafers necessary for even 100 megawatts is quite substantial.
To put everything in perspective, Squires explained, "When running 24/7, our projections show that the continuous quantum dot synthesis will not only supply our needs for hundreds, if not thousands, of megawatts in solar cell production, but will also provide the capacity to expand on our plans to bring affordable quantum dots to market for non-solar uses."
He continued, "Quantum dots are showing incredible potential in so many different and exciting product applications. Yet, due to production limitations, prices have been high, and yearly consumption is easily measured in kilograms. Just like our plans for dramatic increases in solar cell production, we believe that this breakthrough with Access2Flow will help us to attain daily and weekly sales amounts that used to take an entire year to achieve."
Note: Solterra will produce multi-kilograms of quantum dots as opposed to grams/day; Solterra's goal is not some big 20-megawatt plant, but gigawatts in yearly production; Solterra will own all intellectual property resulting from the optimization efforts (quantum dot mass-production techniques), and excellent availability of basic materials supply
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Hi Clay, HGUE(Hague Corp/Solterra Renewable Tech.)
ready for a big move up this week!
All indicators on uptrend or embeded.
This is a hidden gem - low float - nobody selling!
Please do a chart and tell me what you think.
Thanks in Advance
Pura Vida!
Not enough floating shares for MM to care.
...and nobody selling.
I thought they would submit the 10K to the SEC by today and I was wrong. My new thinking (plan B) is that the 10K is dependent on the deal they do next week in Saudi Arabia.
The July PR said that Solterra was far along on getting approved for a Solar Plant in SA. If that is the announcement, then that contract balances the books for the SEC. Once we have the contract, that raises the stock price and Hague is in a stronger position dealing with other investors, buying materials and equipment, setting prices for stock splitting the companies, etc.
Hi Clay, Would you do a chart of HGUE for me, please.
I think it is a cup and ladle formation, because its been at .08 to .10 cents for so long. I think it is ready to bust out. There is a small IH board that follows it.
Thanks!
Pura Vida!
Hi I
Solar energy for export means they want to capture the sun's rays thru panels and collectors and transport it by cable to the north. That's what TREC and DESERTEC are about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Mediterranean_Renewable_Energy_Cooperation
TREC is a 500 billion dollar plan.
The Saudis want solar for their Kindgom Project Expansion program building six 21st Century Cities. Thats a 500 billion dollar program by itself. The Saudi Electric article in my post a few numbers back is about building power plants for them, but also to start testing Solar with a 20 megawatt feasibility study.
For both their own cities and for export, they can just cover their deserts with solar panels by Solterra. What Solterra does with the Saudis we can do with every country on earth.
I came across GRE based in Abu Dhabi which is a regional group in the middle east which just last month held its first meeting / conference on renewable energy.
All over the Middle East they want Solar Projects. Solar is the 21st century energy. The Saudis can replace their diminishing oil supplies by having Solar energy to sell.
IH8ALOSS, you are right that something hot is happening over there. The Arabs have money and they are not wasting time.
Hague has to submit something to the SEC by Friday
The reporting extension only goes to the 15th.
We're going to Saudi Arabia for Monday's Nov. 9th big conference.
We have to get there before the weekend to prepare, yes?
It's half way around the world and takes a full days travel.
If Squires or Jabbar or Wong has to sign anything before they
go, it should be done by what?, Wednesday?
So it gets submitted to the SEC Thursday or Friday.
That's my best guess.
Odds of SEC reporting
Tuesday 25% or, if not -
Wednesday 33% or, if not --
Thursday 50% or, if not --
Friday 100%
if they report this week, next week they can have
some more announcements from the conference.
The above is not investment advice, do your own due diligence, this is just me, talking aloud, so to speak.
Pura Vida!
Do you think he is talking about us?
this is pure speculation, but would be nice!
See the bold type below -
Saudi Electricity to spend SR75bn on 6 IPP projects
Reem Shamseddine | Reuters
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6§ion=0&article=127791&d=27&m=10&y=2009
RIYADH: The Saudi Electricity Co. plans to spend SR75 billion ($20 billion) to add more than 10,000 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity through six independent power producer (IPP) projects, a top official said on Monday.
Saudi Arabia is facing rapid power demand growth as it builds infrastructure and heavy industry it hopes would diversify its economy away from dependence on oil revenues. The economic boom sparked by the oil rally of 2002-08 contributed to rapid economic growth.
SEC plans to spend SR300 billion ($80 billion) to add a total of 20,000 megawatts through 2018, plus SR75 billion ($20 billion) on IPP projects.
Amer Al-Swaha, the head of IPP at SEC, said of the total investments of around $100 billion some $46 billion would go for power generation, $30 billion would be spent on transmission and $20 billion on distribution.
IPP projects slated for completion from 2013 to 2021 include the 1,200 MW Rabigh plant, the Riyadh 2,000 MW PP11 plant, a 2,000 MW Qurayyah plant, a 1,000 MW plant in Dheba, a 2,520 MW plant in Ras Azzour and an 800 MW plant in Shuqaiq, Swaha said.
He told the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit in Riyadh five consortiums were preparing bids due on Dec. 7 for the Riyadh plant. He named them as International Power with Saudi Oger and Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO); GDF Suez with Al-Jomaih; Mitsubishi Corp. with Acwa Power and Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power); and Tenaga Nasional Berhad of Malaysia, Sumitomo Corp. and Saudi Binladin Group.The fifth consortium is Japan’s Marubeni in an alliance with Kansai Electric of Japan and Saudi Masader, Swaha said. The Riyadh combined cycle plant would use gas as prime fuel, he said. It is expected to cost between $2 to $2.5 billion, Swaha added.
“This plant will have high efficiency ... and will be environmentally friendly,” he added.
Tenders for the Qurayyah plant, which is expected to cost between $3 to $3.5 billion would be issued in the first half of 2010, he informed.
SEC manages 37,000 MW of power generation capacity from 45 plants.
It plans to almost double its generation capacity to 70 gegawatts from the current 40 gegawatts by 2020, Swaha said, adding that SEC is planning to retire some old plants from this year till 2015.
Swaha said his company is also considering investing in solar energy, “which means saving barrels of oil to the Kingdom which can be sold at a much higher price than domestic energy prices.”
“We are involved in a feasibility study for a 20 to 30 MW solar power plant in the Kingdom,” he said.
Saudi Electricity depends 40 percent on gas to fire power plants and 60 percent on heavy fuel oil, Swaha said.
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If we do well in Saudi Arabia
they won't need to go to the SF Solar Summit!
I live in the bay area and would go to them if they weren't so expensive to attend. Thanks for the info, I signed up for the newsletter on thin film PV. The conference is all about CIGS and CdTe - both more expensive to in materials and to produce than our CdSe material. We own the patent on CdSe quantum dots. I believe our proprietary ink system does not use the more involved vacuum production. One of the seminar session is about whether they are running out of "Te" material! I found this news article on the website. $2 billion market forecast for the more expensive/harder to produce PV!
CIGS PV market to touch $2.16 bn in 2016
http://social.thinfilmtoday.com/news/cigs-pv-market-touch-216-bn-2016
A report has indicated that the CIGS PV market is expected to grow from $403.1 million in 2011 to $2.16 billion in 2016.
According to the findings from NanoMarkets' report, titled "Materials Markets for CIGS Photovoltaics", despite setbacks, CIGS will fulfill its potential as the wonder child of the thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) materials business.
Short-term setbacks, including the current economic meltdown and the technical and managerial problems that companies in this area have experienced over the past two years, will push out initial assumptions for CIGS PV ramp up. But there are several positive signs pointing toward CIGS' ability to come through in the long term. First, NREL announced recently that it had achieved an efficiency of 20.0 percent on CIGS-based champion cells. As well, two large companies with experience in the semiconductor industry—IBM and TOK—have invested heavily in CIGS PV.
In order for CIGS PV to become a low-cost PV option, non-vacuum methods will be required to form the absorber layer. NanoMarkets expects that cells produced using non-vacuum methods, including electrodeposition and printing techniques, will outpace the growth of the vacuum deposition methods. Revenues for CIGS cells produced using these non-vacuum techniques to grow from about $130.2 million in 2011, to $1.2 billion in 2016.
The findings have also indicated that one area of opportunity for materials suppliers is the substrate material used for CIGS PV cells. The most widely used substrate, which represents the largest material component of CIGS PV in volume terms, is glass. However, there is a need for flexible substrates that allow for roll-to-roll, continuous processing, which many believe will substantially reduce the cost of producing these cells.
"As a result, companies and research institutions are evaluating new substrate materials such as glass-polymer composites and polyimide materials. NanoMarkets expects flexible glass and composite glass materials to take an increasing share of the CIGS PV substrate market," stated the firm.
Cash For Haguers
Hey there is still time to have a garage sale this weekend.
Get off your duff. Good time to sell your gold.
Take that jar of coins to Safeway and download them into the Coineater thing they got there.
Return those beer bottles.
There's a million ways to get some cash.
Snooz you lose, they say.
Have a great weekend.
Price down on low volume today. Little balls
of fire! LOL
Who else is going to buy more on a dip
beside me?
What day next week do you think they
bring the 10-k and some announcements?
Saudi conference starts Monday 11/9
and its getting close. To delay the 10-k
so long must mean there is something big
taking a long time to put together.
It can't be finding a measly million dollars
to make up the year's deficit. That's too lame.
So in the days of WW1, Lawrence of Arabia
is getting ready to cross the desert.
The Prince Zaid of the Royal House comes
up to him and says, "So, Lawrence, are you
ready for many miles under the hot, scorching
sun. Have you prepared for your journey?"
Lawrence looks Zaid in the eye and answers
grimly, "Yes, Zaid, I am ready."
Wtth that, Prince Zaid pulls back the flap
of the tent entrance and yells,
Hey, Ali, a toasted English to go!".
Why the rise in price. I see no news.