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Cleantech-oriented Beneq receives 9 million euro investment

Finnish Industry Investment, Via Venture Partners and private investors have invested altogether 9 million euros in the Finnish cleantech company Beneq. Beneq is a supplier of production and research equipment for advanced nano-scale thin film coatings used for example in solar cells, glass coatings, and flexible electronics, such as OLED lighting.

Battery technology could spur the renewal of American battery industry

Automaker can use cutting-edge battery technology throughout supply chain

Advantages of three dimensional microbatteries

Rice University researchers have moved a step closer to creating robust, three-dimensional microbatteries that would charge faster and hold other advantages over conventional lithium-ion batteries.

INSIDE Secure first to support breakthrough Kovio RF barcodes

NFC Leader sees big future for ultra-low-cost smart tags and posters

Printed Electronics for EVs - The money floods in

Printed electronics is now seeing a surge in transactions in the form of orders, government and industry-funded development programs, acquisitions and company fund raising.

Low-energy DECT variant targets sensor networks

Wireless sensor nodes need to run on batteries for many years. SiTel Semiconductor and RTX Telecom are proposing a new ultra-low-energy extension to the existing DECT standard especially for this kind of application.

Graphene electrodes for organic solar cells

A promising approach for making solar cells that are inexpensive, lightweight and flexible is to use organic (that is, carbon-containing) compounds instead of expensive, highly purified silicon. But one stubborn problem has slowed the development of such cells.

More efficient conversion of waste heat into electricity

The right material wrapped around your car's exhaust system could one day scavenge heat that would otherwise be wasted, turning it into energy to warm the cabin or recharge the battery. Engineers and physicists at the University of Michigan have taken a step toward improving the efficiency of a promising candidate for this burgeoning power source.

Azure Dynamics announces eighth LEAD customer for Ford Transit Connect

Azure Dynamics Corporation and Ford Motor Company have announced that one of the nation's largest state utilities companies has been added to the LEAD customer program for the innovative Ford Transit Connect Electric van with a ten unit order.

Printed Electronics-Predictions for 2011

IDTechEx examines the Printed Electronics market for 2011.

Shoe powered generator

Dr. Ville Kaajakari, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Louisiana Tech University has developed a technology that harvests power from a small generator embedded in the sole of a shoe.

Russian magnate starts hybrid car company - Yo!

The Russian billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets has introduced a new line of hybrid cars.

Samsung Mobile Display unveils next-generation AMOLED displays

Samsung Mobile Display (SMD) demonstrates its leading-edge, next generation AMOLED displays.

ARAMARK Uniform Services 1st to introduce hybrid ev's into Fleet

Hybrids Supported by $2.7 Million Grant from U.S. Department of Energy's Maryland Clean Cities Program

Concept bicycle charger for harvesting kinetic and wind energy

Fandi Meng, a Chinese industrial designer has designed a concept generator called the i-Green Bicycle Charging System which can be attached to a bicycle.

Highest efficiency demonstrated for commercial size thin-film modules

MiaSolé, the leading manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy laboratory (NREL) independently confirmed the 15.7% efficiency of its large area production modules.

U.S. researchers discover one cause of lithium-ion battery aging

New high resolution images of electrode wires made from materials used in rechargeable lithium ion batteries shows them contorting as they become charged with electricity.

Research into electricity from wind

NASA aerospace engineer Mark Moore is undertaking a project to bring a sense of what's going to be necessary to harvest power from the wind.

Solar powered unmanned aircraft awarded three world records

Tracking pirates in the Gulf of Aden, detecting bush fires in Australia and improving battlefield communications and surveillance in Afghanistan are all potential uses for the solar powered unmanned aircraft, Zephyr, which has now officially been awarded three World Records.

Konarka signs distribution agreement with Japanese company

Konarka has signed a distribution agreement with Japanese company Kogent Inc a subsidiary of Macnica Group, a leading distributor in Japan. The company will distribute Konarka's organic, flexible, thin-film solar material that converts light to energy.