California-based XsunX Inc. (XSNX.OB) is a thin-film photovoltaic company. The company has focused on the development of thin-film amorphous technologies and products due to the inherent advantages of amorphous silicon over other solar absorbers.

Solar Thin Films, Inc. has received $3.6 million from Grupo Unisolar S.A., as part of a $12.3 million contract, to build a 5MW turnkey amorphous silicon (a-Si) module thin-film photovoltaic manufacturing plant in Spain. With this deposit, Solar Thin Films has moved beyond the planning stage and has begun to fulfill the contract.