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The growing EV market will fail without battery size standards support

The growing EV market will fail without battery size standards supported by OEM's and battery companies

Powercast debuts RF energy harvesting for wireless battery charging

At IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2010 Powercast Corporation, a leader in RF-based wireless power and energy harvesting technology, announced its Lifetime Power® Energy Harvesting Development Kit for Battery Charging.

Nextreme's new eTEG HV37 advances energy harvesting

Nextreme Thermal Solutions has announced the availability of the new eTEG(TM) HV37 thermoelectric power generator, the next entry in the high-voltage (HV) series of clean energy generators based on thin-film thermoelectrics.

GE announces largest single electric vehicle commitment

GE have announced that it will purchase 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015 for its own fleet and through its Capital Fleet Services business - the largest-ever single electric vehicle commitment.

Transparent material for power generating solar windows

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory have fabricated transparent thin films capable of absorbing light and generating electric charge over a relatively large area.

Panasonic Invests $30 Million in Tesla

Panasonic has invested $30 million in Tesla. The investment was made through the purchase of Tesla common stock in a private placement at a price of $21.15 per share.

Applied Nanotech exhibits its metallic inks and pastes at PE & PV 2010

Applied Nanotech exhibits its metallic inks and pastes at the 2010 Printed Electronics USA and Photovoltaics USA Conference

Energy harvesting nanogenerators grow stronger

While even the current nanogenerator output remains below the level required for such devices as iPods or cardiac pacemakers, Wang believes those levels will be reached within three to five years.

Lumiotec to start delivery of 10 types of OLED lighting panels

Lumiotec will start to deliver in January 2011 ten types of OLED panels - five shapes with two colors.

Dyesol and Umicore announce alliance in dye solar cells

Dyesol Limited and Umicore have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) and entered negotiations to establish a business alliance covering the development, production and marketing, at high quality and industrial scale, of Ruthenium-based dyes, as well as other potentially relevant metal-based chemicals, for the global dye solar cell market.

Flexible photovoltaic cells may provide power for steetlights

Researchers will look at wrapping flexible photovoltaic cells around the top of Jersey barriers dividing highays, to provide electricity to power streetlights and illuminate road signs.

Solar energy from asphalt pavements

A team of engineering researchers from the University of Rhode Island is examining methods of harvesting that solar energy to melt ice, power streetlights, illuminate signs, heat buildings and potentially use it for many other purposes.

Park and Ride with diesel-electric hybrid buses

The 101 year old Warwickshire bus and coach operator Johnsons of Henley-in-Arden has confirmed an order at the Euro Bus Expo bus show in Birmingham for five Optare Versa diesel-electric hybrid buses.

City Labs completes first round of financing

City Labs' Tritium batteries enable applications where battery replacement is difficult or impossible, and a source of continuous nanowatt/microwatt power for twenty years or more is crucial.

EnOcean taps heat as energy source for energy harvesting modules

EnOcean GmbH announces the launch of the ECT 310 DC/DC converter which enables batteryless wireless modules to use heat as their power source.

Nextreme's new eTEG HV56 thermoelectric power generator cranks up

Nextreme Thermal Solutions has announced the availability of the new eTEG(TM) HV56 thermoelectric power generator, the next entry in the high-voltage (HV) series of clean energy generators based on thin-film thermoelectrics, that operates at temperature differentials as low as 10 degrees K.

Germany - Leader in Printed Electronics

It's no secret that Germany is a global leader in the support of the development of the Printed Electronics industry. Government incentives, scientific and technological excellence alongside a strong educational background and highly skilled workforce are some of the reasons behind the success stories behind German technology innovators. In the past few days, several announcements have done nothing but reinforce the leadership position of German companies in the flexible electronics space.

OAS validates core adhesion technology for printed electronics

Onto® surface modification technology facilitates breakthrough in advanced interlayer adhesion using solution printing

1st Energy Harvesting Network: part 1

The Human Power Workshop was part of the 1st Energy harvesting Network funded by the EPSRC to establish a network to contribute to the debate that will define a new generation of research challenges for Human Power Generation of devices.

Ascent Solar prices public offering of common stock

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI) today announced that it has priced its previously announced public offering. Ascent Solar is offering 5.25 million shares of its common stock at $4.15 per share to the public. Ascent Solar has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 787,500 additional shares of common stock from Ascent Solar. The net proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $20.25 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by Ascent Solar. The offering is expected to settle and close on November 16, 2010, subject to customary closing conditions.