http://www.idtechex.com/research/topics/power_000224.asp IDTechEx provides independent analysis on the development and application of RFID, Printed Electronics, Photovoltaics and Energy Harvesting en Copyright (C) IDTechEx Ltd 224 /research/topics/power_000224.asp A new printed battery that can be produced cost-effectively on a large scale could soon power small integrated displays on electronic bank cards.http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/printed_batteries_could_be_integrated_into_bank_cards_00001532.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/printed_batteries_could_be_integrated_into_bank_cards_00001532.asp?rsstopicid=22403 Jul 2009 There are huge opportunities for companies providing inorganic chemicals to printed and potentially printed electronics. Here, Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx, summarises some of the findings from the new IDTechEx report "Inorganic and Composite Printed Electronics 2009-2019."http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/inorganic_printed_electronics_employs_new_compounds_00001529.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/inorganic_printed_electronics_employs_new_compounds_00001529.asp?rsstopicid=22402 Jul 2009 Printed electronics companies Plextronics, Inc. and NTERA have teamed-up to provide a working demonstration that combines the key aspects and attributes of their respective technologies.http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/plextronics_and_ntera_demonstrate_solar_powered_nanochromics_amp_8482_00001523.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/plextronics_and_ntera_demonstrate_solar_powered_nanochromics_amp_8482_00001523.asp?rsstopicid=22430 Jun 2009 Future generation organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology has the promise to be the low-cost renewable energy solution.http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/organic_photovoltaics_promise_more_00001515.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/organic_photovoltaics_promise_more_00001515.asp?rsstopicid=22426 Jun 2009 The U. S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is seeking project proposals as part of recently announced DOE funding to accelerate commercialization of solar energy technologies.http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/program_provides_16_5m_under_american_recovery_and_reinvestment_act_00001483.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/program_provides_16_5m_under_american_recovery_and_reinvestment_act_00001483.asp?rsstopicid=22422 Jun 2009 Renewable energies play a decisive role in the energy concepts of the future. However, their potential will remain largely limited as long as the sun's energy can neither be stored nor utilized on a large scale. That is where organic materials offer revolutionary solutions. Current trends and the latest developments in this field will be on display at LOPE-C in Frankfurt, Germany from June 23-25, 2009.http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/organic_and_printed_electronics_green_energy_00001494.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/organic_and_printed_electronics_green_energy_00001494.asp?rsstopicid=22418 Jun 2009 Ascent Solar Technologies, has manufactured a monolithically interconnected 5 meter long flexible light weight module on a polyimide substrate. http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/light_weight_flexible_5_meter_cigs_based_pv_laminate_breakthrough_00001492.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/light_weight_flexible_5_meter_cigs_based_pv_laminate_breakthrough_00001492.asp?rsstopicid=22417 Jun 2009 A new addition to the flexible solar panel market, may soon come with flexible solar panels that use a transparent thin film barrier used to protect flat panel TVs from moisture. http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/transforming_roofs_from_wasted_space_to_energy_source_00001490.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/transforming_roofs_from_wasted_space_to_energy_source_00001490.asp?rsstopicid=22416 Jun 2009 Inkjet system capable of printing over 2000 high performance solar cells per hour.http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/silicon_ink_ink_jet_system_greatly_reduces_cost_of_solar_cells_00001485.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/silicon_ink_ink_jet_system_greatly_reduces_cost_of_solar_cells_00001485.asp?rsstopicid=22412 Jun 2009 In the last year, the burgeoning printed and thin film electronics industry has greatly enhanced its repertoire and changed its priorities, encompassing such things as rapid commercialisation of disposable and invisible electronics.http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/new_focus_for_printed_electronics_00001456.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/new_focus_for_printed_electronics_00001456.asp?rsstopicid=22403 Jun 2009 Dr Harry Zervos, technology analyst with IDTechEx attended the Thin Film Solar Summit on the 19th and 20th of May, in Berlin which was mainly dominated by First Solar's achievements towards lowering their manufacturing costs to under 1 dollar.http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/idtechex_observe_the_latest_at_berlins_thin_film_solar_summit_00001450.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/idtechex_observe_the_latest_at_berlins_thin_film_solar_summit_00001450.asp?rsstopicid=22401 Jun 2009 SolarWorld AG will be celebrating the topping-out ceremony of its new production facility for solar silicon wafers in Freiberg's Industrial Estate East with the Prime Minister of Saxony, Stanislaw Tillich, and many guests from the region and from local industry.http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/new_solar_wafer_factory_00001443.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/new_solar_wafer_factory_00001443.asp?rsstopicid=22427 May 2009 Researchers at UCLA have developed a new method for producing a hybrid graphene-carbon nanotube, or G-CNT, for potential use as a transparent conductor in solar cells and consumer electronic devices.http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/researchers_develop_new_method_for_producing_transparent_conductors_00001435.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/researchers_develop_new_method_for_producing_transparent_conductors_00001435.asp?rsstopicid=22421 May 2009 The subject of energy harvesting making small electronic and electric devices self-sufficient, usually for decades - is changing rapidly.http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/unique_conference_energy_harvesting_focuses_on_printing_00001424.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/unique_conference_energy_harvesting_focuses_on_printing_00001424.asp?rsstopicid=22415 May 2009 Some of the new electric cars generate at least some of their electric power from solar cells on the vehicle - In future, they may generate electricity in part from shock absorbers, transparent solar cells over windows and thermoelectrically from the engine and exhaust in hybrid.http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/hybrid_and_pure_electric_cars_the_next_ten_years_00001408.asp?rsstopicid=224http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/hybrid_and_pure_electric_cars_the_next_ten_years_00001408.asp?rsstopicid=22407 May 2009