New MIT-developed materials make it possible to produce photovoltaic cells on paper or fabric, nearly as simply as printing a document.
The sheet of paper looks like any other document that might have just come spitting out of an office printer, with an array of colored rectangles printed over much of its surface.
Danish company “Floating Power Plant” is combining two energy production methods together: wind and wave power. Called Poseidon, they developed a smart concept for a floating power plant that transforms wave energy into electricity. The power plant furthermore serves as a floating foundation for offshore windmills, thus creating a sustainable energy hybrid.
Sunengy of Australia is developing an interesting approach to produce affordable CPV solar power technology. The idea: reduce system cost by installing the CPV units as a floating device on water.
LSA is a PV concentrator using relatively lightweight plastic concentrators that float on water, mounted on anchored rafts.