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Infinity Group Portfolio Company Power Paper and GE collaborate

Infinity Group Portfolio Company Power Paper and GE collaborate to develop self-powered OLED lighting

At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery

Dip an ordinary piece of paper into ink infused with carbon nanotubes and silver nanowires, and it turns into a battery or supercapacitor. Crumple the piece of paper, and it still works. Stanford researcher Yi Cui sees many uses for this new way of storing electricity.

Kodak to sell OLED business to LG

Eastman Kodak Company is to sell their OLED business to a group of LG companies in a move to tighten Kodak's business portfolio.

Solar sail project

The Planetary Society is building a spacecraft that will sail on sunlight alone by the end of 2010. The new solar sail project is the beginning of an innovative program that will launch three separate spacecraft over the course of several years.

Remarkable growth at Printed Electronics USA

The IDTechEx event Printed Electronics USA in San Jose CA December 1-4 retained its position as the world's largest gathering on the subject with 25% growth on the year before. 910 delegates flew in from 25 countries and there were 85 exhibitors, 100 presenters, 8 Masterclasses and many visits in Silicon Valley to centers of excellence in this "next big thing".

Enecsys names Mossadiq Umedaly as Executive Chairman

Enecsys Limited, a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic micro-inverters, has named Mossadiq Umedaly as Executive Chairman. Umedaly has over 20 years' experience in growing clean energy businesses.

Imec presents new GaN-on-Si architecture

At this weeks International Electron Devices Meeting, the nanoelectronics research center imec presents an innovative, simple and robust GaN-on-Si double heterostructure FET (field effect transistor) architecture for GaN-on-Si power switching devices.

OTB Solar and Trident Join Forces

OTB Solar and Trident Solar today announce a partnership for bringing innovative, cost-saving inkjet technologies to the solar market.

Innovation puts next-generation solar cells on the horizon

In a world first, a Monash University-led international research team has developed an innovative way to boost the output of the next generation of solar cells. Scientists at Monash University, in collaboration with colleagues from the universities of Wollongong and Ulm in Germany, have produced tandem dye-sensitised solar cells with a three-fold increase in energy conversion efficiency compared with previously reported tandem dye-sensitised solar cells.

ImageXpert's JetXpert System adopted by NIST

ImageXpert's JetXpert system has been chosen by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a federal agency that works to advance measurement science, to perform accurate and repeatable volume and velocity measurements of single, in-flight droplets.

OTB Solar, Trident bring inkjet printing technology to solar apps

OTB Solar and Trident Solar have partnered to bring innovative, cost-saving inkjet technologies to the solar market.

Designlynx, Technica and UniJet sign a representation agreement

UniJet a world leader in industrial inkjet systems and innovation has signed a representation agreement with Designlynx Engineering to market their inkjet technology in the United States. Product information can be found at www.unijet.co.kr .

Innovation puts next-generation solar cells on the horizon

In a world first, a Monash University-led international research team has developed an innovative way to boost the output of the next generation of solar cells. Scientists at Monash University, in collaboration with colleagues from the universities of Wollongong and Ulm in Germany, have produced tandem dye-sensitised solar cells with a three-fold increase in energy conversion efficiency compared with previously reported tandem dye-sensitised solar cells.

Energy harvesting fabrics

Scientists are researching the development of energy-scavenging fabrics, with in-built nanotechnology which uses the kinetic energy from the wearer's movements and converts it into electricity for powering electronics.

EnOcean's Emergence as Wireless Leader

11 EnOcean Alliance members showcased more than 100 building automation products at GreenBuild - 5x more than any other wireless standard.

Vibration harvesting from wider frequencies

Vibrations from the environments we live and work in could be much more widely harnessed as a clean source of electricity, and researchers from the University of Bristol aim to make it possible to make use of a much wider range of vibrations than is currently possible.

IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA Award Winners Announced

IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA Award Winners Announced This week the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA event opened to more than 900 attendees from 28 countries - by far the World's largest event on the topic. Held in San Jose, CA, the event featured more end users than ever before and grew by almost 25% compared to the same event in 2008. The event featured the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA Awards ceremony, aimed to recognize outstanding achievement.

Scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology, which will help microchip designers create future integrated circuits.

Solar energy powered microturbine

The U.S. Department of Energy and Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation Energy Executive Committee have selected a product development effort by Capstone Turbine and Israel's HelioFocus Ltd.

Solarmer achieves 7.9% NREL certified plastic solar cell efficiency

Solarmer Energy, Inc. employees are in high spirits after receiving news of their latest NREL certified plastic solar panel efficiency of 7.9%. Several accomplishments of this magnitude have made 2009 a great year for Solarmer including achievements in manufacturing, plastic solar cell and module efficiency, and awards. This achievement also holds very special meaning to the founders of the company, dating back to before the company started.