New DSC Research Project in Thailand

Following some months of discussion and negotiation Dyesol has recently completed a collaborative agreement with Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA).

Under the Agency’s Renewable Energy Research & Development Program Dyesol will supply the materials for theprograms more than 20 scientists, researchers and technologists toexplore a number of potential DSC applications for Thailand.

Dyesol Managing Director, Sylvia Tulloch, said that the Thai collaboration was a good model for similar projects throughout the region.

“DSC as an emerging low cost  PV technology has attracted the attention of many forward looking government, university and corporate research groups. The question all of them must ask is, ‘What is the best approach, given their particular situation, to develop skills, products and potential markets with this technology.’ The potential applications are so many and so large that development projects have to be very carefully planned and focused,” Mrs Tulloch said.

 “The Thai approach of evaluating the best potential applications that could satisfy domestic markets first is a commendable firststep towards seeding a Thai DSC industry.”