US-based New Energy Technologies has been able to produce its latest SolarWindow prototype using a process that can be scaled up more quickly towards commercial production and at faster speeds...more
A €25.7 million European project is developing retrofittable dye solar cell (DSC)-powered wireless sensors for smart buildings, which can be retro-fitted to monitor energy consumption in homes to improve carbon reduction figures, has attained funding...more
Coatings and other materials-based technologies for creating low-carbon buildings will be produced for testing from mid-2012...more
Plans to combine the LOPE-C and Printed Electronics Europe events, initially announced back in June, have ended with their respective organisers pursuing plans for their own separate events as before...more
Among other European countries the UK provides the highest levels of support for R&D and pre-commercial work into flexible and printable electronics...more
Screen printing and materials scale-up are preparing dye-sensitised solar cells for commercial applications, says Solaronix CEO Toby Meyer...more
Ingo B Hagemann, architect and BIPV consultant, discusses opportunities and challenges for organic solar cells and other third-generation (3rd Gen) photovoltaic technologies in the building and construction industry...more
A new committee to oversee educational programmes supporting the plastic electronics industry has been established...more
Erich Klawuhn, VP business development, Soladigm
Eric Mayes - commercial director, Cambridge Display Technology (CDT)
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