16 Feb 2011

Energy harvesting network
The Energy Harvesting Network held its first one-day dissemination event on 7th February 2011 at the IET, Savoy Place, London. The Network is EPSRC-funded, and is for academia, industry and end-users of energy harvesting technology.
8 Feb 2011

New nanomaterials unlock new energy technologies
A new way of splitting layered materials to give atomically thin "nanosheets" has been discovered by a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funded research team.
24 Jan 2011

Battery box aims to solve rural African electricity problems
BBOXX is a young start-up intent on creating new and sustainable energy solutions in developing countries.
External press release
24 Jan 2011

Energy Harvesting 2011
Interested in advances in energy harvesting research and development? Want to understand whether or not energy harvesting can address your particular applications? If so then the following event could be a great opportunity to find out more.
30 Dec 2010

Smart sensors monitor health of record-breaking expedition team
Telemetry technology is being used to monitor the health status of a team of explorers and scientists involved in a record-breaking expedition across the Antarctic.
8 Dec 2010

Printed Electronics USA 2010 Highlights
Last week the annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics event was held in the heart of Silicon Valley in California. Almost 1200 people attended the conference and 49,000 square foot exhibition.
3 Dec 2010

IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA 2010 award winners
The fourth annual printed electronics winners were announced on Dec 1st at the IDTechEx Awards Dinner in Santa Clara, USA.
30 Nov 2010

1st Energy Harvesting Network: part 2
The afternoon session of the Human Power Workshop part of the 1st Energy Harvesting Network as discussed in Part 1 of this article, focused on Human Powering of Devices Outside of the Body.
15 Nov 2010

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.
8 Sep 2010

Solvay invests in Polyera to expand printed electronics development
Solvay is investing 4 million USD in a minority stake in Polyera Corporation, a materials developer for the printed electronics market.
30 Aug 2010

ACG's bodywork investigated as a storage battery for future cars
Advanced Composites Group Ltd (ACG), part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is engaged in a €3.4 million project with scientists to develop a new composite material which could revolutionise car design and manufacturing.
27 Aug 2010

Energy harvesting car structure
Advanced Composites Group Ltd, part of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, is engaged in a €3.4 million project with scientists to develop a new composite material which could revolutionise car design and manufacturing.
22 Jul 2010

SolarPrint with Fiat powers vehicles of the future
Irish energy technology company SolarPrint have entered into a partnership with Italian car manufacturing giant, Fiat, to develop solar panels that can be incorporated into automotives roof surface, as a means of generating alternative sources of energy for vehicles by converting light to power.
8 Jul 2010

SolarPrint enters into solar technology deal with Fiat
R&D consortium plans to develop the next generation of solar technology to cover the surface of electric vehicles.
14 Jun 2010

The race for plug and play vibration harvesting
The market for vibration harvesters will increase perhaps one hundred fold when they are broad band so they can be fitted without tuning - or with auto tuning - to the vibration encountered. Ideally they should be made to standard battery sizes and sold as a non polluting, long life battery replacement.
7 Jun 2010

Nantennas and metamaterials for EV photovoltaics
Photovoltaics could be applied to the whole of the outside and inside of the car, even over the lights and the windows
5 May 2010

POLARIC underway producing high volume organic electronic circuits
A new EU-funded project, POLARIC, has been launched to develop roll-to-roll printing of high-performance organic electronic circuits.
20 Apr 2010

IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe award winners
IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe award winners
External press release
31 Mar 2010

Imec and partners start work on EU project PRIMA
Imec announces that it has started work, together with its project partners, on PRIMA, a project under the EU's 7th framework program for ICT (FP7). The project's goal is to improve the efficiency and cost of solar cells though the use of metallic nanostructures.