Swiss electricity distributor Groupe E takes share in solar energy company.
Glass 2 Energy (G2E), a maker of transparent, coloured solar panels, has added Groupe E, the number one electricity distributor in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and VC Capital Risque Fribourg as shareholders.
The Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL) has taken a small stake in connection with the grant of a license for the technology developed by EPFL’s Professor Michael Grätzel, on which the G2E products are based. He scooped the Millennium prize 2010 – the equivalent of the Nobel…