19 May 2016

Milestone in solar cell efficiency
Australian engineers have edged closer to the theoretical limits of sunlight-to-electricity conversion by photovoltaic cells with a device that sets a new world efficiency record.
16 Mar 2016

LG Display, Jabil, NASA: Cornerstones at IDTechEx Wearable Europe
Europe's largest event on Wearable Technology, with over 225 speakers and 170 exhibitors, taking place in Berlin on April 27-28 will feature opening presentations highlighting the latest progress with wearable technology.
16 Mar 2016

LG Display, Jabil, NASA: Cornerstones at Printed Electronics Europe
Europe's largest event on Printed Electronics, with over 225 speakers and 170 exhibitors, taking place in Berlin on April 27-28 will feature opening presentations highlighting the latest progress with printed and flexible electronics.
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2 Mar 2016

IDTechEx Interview Alta Devices: Solar Cells from Gallium Arsenide
Video interview with Alta Devices at the Energy Harvesting & Storage USA event.
11 Dec 2015

Conference: Electric Vehicles - Everything is changing USA 2015
Summary of the key information tracked during the Electric Vehicle conference held in Santa Clara USA.
6 Nov 2015

The 200+ stand IDTechEx Show!
The 200+ stand, eight conference IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara, California, November 18-19 will this year include a dedicated session on electric vehicles. It has been several years since IDTechEx last hosted this topic in CA and we are thrilled to be back.
5 Nov 2015

Energy harvesting: microwatts to megawatts
Energy harvesting is a term that now encompasses creating microwatts to megawatts of off-grid electricity using ambient energy such as heat, light, wind and waves. That means big business for those seeing the big picture.
22 Oct 2015

Energy harvesting, early stage technologies to mature market products
Scouting the market for energy harvesting for almost 7 years now has allowed IDTechEx significant insight into the markets for the technologies, the potential applications and their prospects for growth.
5 May 2015

The IDTechEx Wearable Technology Europe Award Winners
Wearable technology was one of the hottest topics at the IDTechEx Show! in Berlin. In order to recognise the fantastic work being done, IDTechEx presented two awards highlighting the outstanding progress being made at both product and component level.
Full profile interview
5 May 2015

Alta Devices
Alta Device is working on thin film GaAs solar cells. The company was founded in 2008 by professors Harry Atwater from Cal Tech and Eli Yablonovitch from Berkeley. In August of 2014, Alta Devices was acquired by Hanergy Holdings, Inc.
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23 Apr 2015

Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe 2015
28-29 April, Estrel Convention Center, Berlin, Germany. In less than one week, the seventh annual IDTechEx event will provide valuable insight into energy harvesting technologies and their applications.
23 Oct 2014

Structural energy storage and integrated photovoltaics
Structural electronics (SE) is one of the most important emerging technologies in this century.
22 Aug 2014

Hanergy completes acquisition of Alta Devices
Hanergy Holding Group Limited announced that it has completed the acquisition of Alta Devices, whose thin film solar technology has a conversion efficiency of 30.8 percent, the highest among the solar energy technologies currently available in the world.
20 Mar 2014

Key speakers will discuss their energy harvesting needs
Delegates from 23 countries will converge in Berlin on 1-2 April at Energy Harvesting & Storage - Europe's leading event on the topic. The event features end users across multiple verticals presenting and attending to discuss their key energy harvesting needs.
21 Nov 2013

IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2013 award winners
The 5th IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage and Internet of Things & Wireless Sensor Networks awards ceremony was held on Wednesday, 20 November, during the opening keynote session of the annual conference that brings together developers, integrators and end-users of these emerging technologies.
16 Aug 2013

Solar powered unmanned aircraft continuous flight for over 9 hours
Solar material like that used in the development of the solar Puma AE incorporates a thin, mobile power technology on a flexible substrate that has been independently certified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) as world-records for both single (28.8%) and dual (30.8%) junction solar cells.