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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><br>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): <b>July 25, 2006</b></font></p>

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SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. <br>
</font></b>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </p>

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below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>

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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))</p>

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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">I</font></b><b>tem 8.01&#160;&#160; Other Events.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On
July 25, 2006, Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued a press
release titled &#147;Ascent Solar to Lead Solar America Team.&#148;&#160; A copy of the press release is attached as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">I</font></b><b>tem 9.01&#160;&#160; Financial Statements
and Exhibits.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp;Exhibits</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following exhibits are filed herewith:</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press Release dated July&nbsp;25, 2006, issued by
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized. </font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT
99.1</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Ascent Solar to Lead Solar America Team</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ascent Solar
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ CAPITAL:ASTIU, BSE:AKC/U) has submitted a Letter of
Intent (LOI) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as the lead team member
representing an industry and academia partnership formed to accelerate
commercialization of photovoltaic (PV) systems in response to the DOE&#146;s <i>Solar America Initiative </i>(SAI).<i> </i>The
Ascent Solar submittal of the LOI represents an indication to the DOE that
Ascent Solar intends to submit an application for a <i>Solar
America Initiative</i> Grant by October 2, 2006. The initial program
award announcements for Phase 1 Grants are anticipated by year end 2006.
Depending on the responses from industry and availability of appropriated
funds, the DOE expects to make between 10 and 15 awards to industry teams at a
maximum threshold level of $8 million for each team.&#160; Additional information is available through
the DOE website http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar/solar_america/about.html.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The SAI<i> </i>is an integral part of President Bush&#146;s Advanced Energy
Initiative which is designed to reduce the nation&#146;s dependence on foreign
sources of energy.&#160; The stated DOE goal
is to substantially accelerate development of U.S. produced PV systems so that
PV-produced electricity reaches parity with conventional sources of electricity
in all domestic grid-tied market sectors by 2015. &#160;To that end, the DOE business strategy is to
expand the U.S. installed capacity of domestic PV systems to 5-10 gigawatts by
forming partnerships with U.S. industry teams in order to accelerate
commercialization of PV system research and development (R&amp;D).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Ascent Solar team
plans to focus on accelerating the manufacturing scale-up of its thin film PV
technology and the associated roll-to-roll manufacturing processes to
demonstrate significant reductions in PV module direct manufacturing costs to
levels under $1/Watt.&#160; In addition to the
accelerated R&amp;D aspects of the SAI program, Ascent Solar intends to also
address the DOE installed capacity goals by accelerating plans for expanded
manufacturing capacity in excess of 100 megawatts commencing in 2010 with
completion planned for 2015. &#160;Ascent
Solar President and CEO, Matthew Foster, stated &#147;the cost targets for the SAI
program represent a factor of two reduction from present day PV systems which
are dominated by crystalline silicon technology, and we believe Ascent Solar is
positioned in the right place at the right time to lead the next generation,
non-silicon, thin film technology into the future to achieve these ambitious
goals.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">About Ascent Solar
Technologies:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ascent Solar
Technologies, Inc. is a developer of state of the art, thin-film photovoltaic
materials and modules and is located in Littleton, Colorado.&#160; Please visit our website for additional
information at www.ascentsolar.com</font></p>

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forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other
risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in the Company&#146;s
filings with Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>

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</font></i>PR Financial Marketing LLC<br>
Jim Blackman, 713-256-0369 (Investor Relations)<br>
jimblackman@prfinancialmarketing.com</p>

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