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Skyfuel

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SkyFuel, Inc. is a solar thermal power technology and service provider.

SkyFuel solar collectors utilize solar radiation to produce steam for electricity generation and industrial applications. The Company is a supplier of utility-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) systems.
SkyFuel’s market-ready product is an advanced, glass-free parabolic trough solar thermal collector, called the SkyTrough™. It is the highest performance, lowest-cost utility-scale solar power system in the world.

SkyFuel is also developing a next-generation solar system, the Linear Power Tower™, a high-temperature linear Fresnel collector designed for thermal energy storage.

Milestones

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• 
  Skyfuel received $17M in Series B funding. (4/08)
  Posted 5/11/09 at 7:49pm
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  Skyfuel added Dr. Arnold Leitner as CEO and President.
  Posted 5/11/09 at 7:49pm
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  Skyfuel added Dr. Randy Gee as CTO.
  Posted 5/11/09 at 7:49pm

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Screenshots

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Above: Skyfuel Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 5/13/09

Products

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SkyTrough

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Sources

1. SkyFuel Secures Funding for Breakthrough Solar Thermal Power Technology (skyfuel.com) [edit]