BioSolar Garners National Media Attention After Unveiling Details Behind Its Breakthrough BioBacksheet Solar Module Component

BioSolar, Inc. has been featured in several high-profile media reports following its recent announcement that materials derived from cotton and castor beans compose the company's proprietary BioBacksheet, a protective covering, traditionally made from expensive petroleum-based film, used in the back of virtually all photovoltaic solar cells.

"After two years of secrecy, BioSolar unveils a bio-based protective sheet for solar cells that it hopes will give chemical giant DuPont some competition," reported GreenTech Media only minutes following the company's official announcement at the SPIE Symposium on Solar Applications and Energy conference on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 in San Diego, CA.

"BioSolar has developed a plant-based plastic for making durable, less expensive and more sustainable solar equipment," reported CNET on August 12 in its "Green Tech" section, dedicated to news of innovation in energy and environmental technologies.

Hailed by Scientific American on August 13 as "cleaner than clean energy," BioSolar's BioBacksheettechnology "rids solar energy of carbon," according to coverage by wire service United Press International on August 14.

In its article, "Making a Solar Cell Component without Using Fossil Fuels," Scientific American notes the current market conditions contributing to BioSolar's growing allure, "Already, such backsheets are rising in price, thanks to the recent run-up in world oil costs, at a time when the solar industry is trying to bring down costs to make their technology more competitive with other forms of power generation."

"The real merit is that we can actually reduce the cost of the backsheet compared to conventional petroleum-based backsheet," added Dr. David Lee, BioSolar's CEO in the same article.

About BioSolar, Inc.
BioSolar, Inc. has developed a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that will reduce the cost per watt of solar cells. Most of the solar industry is focused on photovoltaic efficiency to reduce cost. BioSolar is the first company to introduce a new dimension of cost reduction by replacing petroleum-based plastic solar cell components with durable bio-based materials. To learn more about BioSolar, please visit our website at www.biosolar.com.

SOURCE: BioSolar, Inc.