The installations will be used to test the capabilities of the solution for producing energy in areas where solar irradiance is above average.

Nanosolar CEO Eugenia Corrales said the project at Camp Roberts shows how the company’s technology can be used for both military and non-military applications, on a path to greater energy independence.

"Nanosolar is on track to deliver the most cost-efficient solar electricity, with the expectation that we can achieve grid parity with non-renewable energy resources by 2015," Corrales said.

Nanosolar designs, engineers, and manufactures thin-film solar cells and panels based on printing Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenium inks on low-cost aluminum foil.