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Beneq US expansion gaining momentum

Beneq, leading provider of industrial thin film equipment and technology based on atomic layer deposition (ALD) and aerosol coating, is proud to announce significant developments in its US operations.

IDTechEx Hong Kong event award winners

IDTechEx held their Printed Electronics Asia and Wireless Sensor Networks, Energy Harvesting & RFID conference in Hong Kong last week. This was the first time all these topics were brought together at one event.

Future technologies of electric buses and taxis

Buses and taxis are an excellent launch pad for new technologies. In the new IDTechEx report, "Electric Buses and Taxis 2011-2021" we assess all the options and the markets resulting.

Heavy duty electric land vehicles

There are about 250 manufacturers of heavy industrial vehicles worldwide but most do not make EVs. Between them they will make about 700,000 of these vehicles in 2010.

Power Integrations strategic investment in semisouth laboratories

Clean-Tech Innovators Join Forces in $30M Partnership to Accelerate Development of Energy-Efficient Power Devices for Solar, Wind & Hybrid/Electric Auto Industries Investment.

Single-crystal films could advance solar cells

Cornell researchers have developed a new method to create a patterned single-crystal thin film of semiconductor material that could lead to more efficient photovoltaic cells and batteries.

Magnolia Solar secures funding for second phase NYSERDA contract

This contract is for continued effort to demonstrate high-efficiency nanostructured thin film solar cells, and represents the second phase of a previously announced three-phase, one million dollar development program.

Structure of plastic solar cells impedes their efficiency

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University and the U.K. has found that the low rate of energy conversion in all-polymer solar-cell technology is caused by the structure of the solar cells themselves.

Nanostructuring technologies energy efficient & ultra-small displays

University of Michigan scientists using AFOSR-funding have created the smallest pixels available that will enable LED, projected and wearable displays to be more energy efficient with more light manipulation possible and all on a display that may eventually be as small as a postage stamp.

Solar Frontier and IBM to develop solar technology

Solar Frontier, a developer and manufacturer of thin-film solar technology, has signed an agreement with IBM to create a cost competitive product that is inexpensive and uses earth-abundant materials.

New government EV support in China

China will inject more than RMB100bn ($14.8bn) into promoting the adoption of energy efficient vehicles in the coming decade.

Researchers design new nanomesh material

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a new type of material—made out of silicon, the second most abundant element in Earth's crust—that could lead to more efficient thermoelectric devices.

Energy Harvesting & Storage - WSN & RTLS Summit USA 2010: At a glance

IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage and the WSN & RTLS Summit USA 2010 conference and exhibition areonly a few weeks away now, and the programme is already full of a wide array of speakers, representing different industries and requirements from energy harvesting devices as well as implementations of wireless sensor networks.

Multi-component nano-structures with tunable optical properties

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory report the first successful assembly of 3-D multi-component nanoscale structures with tunable optical properties that incorporate light-absorbing and -emitting particles.

Mimicking nature, water-based 'artificial leaf' produces electricity

A team led by a North Carolina State University researcher has shown that water-gel-based solar devices - "artificial leaves" - can act like solar cells to produce electricity.

Plug-in hybrid sailboat powered by massive lithium ion battery pack

One of the world's largest plug-in hybrid sailboats, a Tag 60 catamaran, hit the water powered by new E Motion 18 kw motors and a massive lithium ion battery pack from International Battery.

Wind powered heater and cooker

In this year's International Interior Design Association Awards Competition, Korean designer Jihae Kim's "wind heater" was shortlisted from entries from more than 4000 participants.

Plastic Logic & IPF's cooperation of polymer based organic electronics

Plastic Logic and the Leibniz Institute for polymer research Dresden extend their cooperation for the development of polymer based organic electronics.

Boeing's solar powered unmanned aircraft

A large unmanned aircraft using solar energy may soon be stationed on the edge of space, said Boeing in a recent statement. The aircraft which has a 400-foot wing to increase solar power will have highly efficient electric motors and propellers.

OLED displays built on thin flexible metal foil

Novel wrist-mounted phosphorescent OLED displays built on thin flexible metal foil are being evaluated by U.S. Army Communication Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center's (CERDEC).