press coverage of tenksolar

tenKsolar featured in the Morrison County Record

November 17, 2011
U.S. Senator Franken loves what’s going on in Royalton
The city of Royalton has been busy over the last couple of years, working to increase energy efficiency and cut costs, starting with its city buildings. The fruits of that work are now evident as solar panels were installed on the Royalton City Complex recently. Read More

tenKsolar featured in The Line

November 9, 2011
Banks Building reaps the benefits of $65,000 solar array
A year after the 1910-vintage Banks Building in Minneapolis's Warehouse District installed a tenKsolar array on its rooftop, the savings are already starting to show up. Read More

tenKsolar featured in the Star Tribune

September 14, 2011
A bright shining start-up
As bankruptcies rattle the U.S. solar industry, the chief executive of solar-panel maker TenKsolar says its first-year sales are on target and it expects to be in the black soon. Read More

tenKsolar featured in The Fiscal Times

May 18, 2011
Investment Idea #3: Rewiring the Sun
Minnesota is not known for its endless days of sunshine. But it soon may be known as a hotspot for energy emanating from the sun. This is thanks to Minneapolis-based TenKsolar, a start-up that has created newfangled solar panels that boost energy output by as much as 50 percent over conventional solar cells, for a cost that is lower per kilowatt hour than electricity in some major cities. Read More

tenKsolar featured in The Wall Street Journal

May 7, 2011
Three Cheers for the Cheapeners and Cost-Cutters
Last week a Minneapolis firm called TenKsolar announced that it reckons it can soon cut the cost of rooftop solar power in sunny locations to as little as eight cents a kilowatt-hour—which is almost competitive with conventional electricity. Read More

tenKsolar featured in technology review (Published by MIT)

April 29, 2011
More Power from Rooftop Solar
A startup called tenKsolar, based in Minneapolis, says it can increase the amount of solar power generated on rooftops by 25 to 50 percent, and also reduce the overall cost of solar power by changing the way solar cells are wired together and adding inexpensive reflectors to gather more light. Read More