The agreement gives Ascent access to multiple market segments in China’s emerging solar market including direct integration into Radiant’s line of building materials for residential and commercial solutions.

Radiant plans to install Ascent modules on its metal roofing demonstration site in order to demonstrate the characteristics of the lightweight CIGS modules to its customers.

Ascent president and CEO Farhad Moghadam said that this relationship will give Ascent access to a large and rapidly growing market for BIPV applications in China.

"We also expect that other products in our lineup of flexible, lightweight CIGS modules will be marketed through this relationship," Moghadam said.