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We are hard at work preparing to share our solar expertise with the attendees at this year’s show. We are working on a class that will provide both technical information and some interactive, hands-on demonstration. Right now we will be going over the amps/watts/voltage question. How do you figure out... |
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Well it’s official! For the first time ever PowerFilm has launched a direct to consumer sales channel with the launch of an e-commerce website. The site will be used exclusively for the sale of solar charging kits for golf/ electric cars and for RVs. The new site offers consumers the... |
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Our research and development team has been hard at work, not only perfecting our proprietary (home-grown) production machinery; they have also made some technological advancement in our PV. Recently they announced a technical improvement that will lead to increased efficiency in our industry-leading thin-film, flexible solar modules. Appearing as just... |
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We recently had the opportunity to write a brief overview of the thin-film solar landscape for Solar Power World to appear in their upcoming Renewable Energy Handbook. Our co-founder and CEO, Frank Jeffrey, agreed to write the overview and since there was such good information addressing the current state of... |
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Things have really been buzzing around PowerFilm of late, in addition to day to day operations humming along at top speed, we have had the honor of hosting two VIPs from Washington DC. As we mentioned in an earlier post the Honorable Katherine Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army, took... |
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We are honored that the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment) the Honorable Katherine Hammack will be visiting our manufacturing plant this week. We will be hosting a reception for Ms. Hammack at Camp Dodge followed the next day by a tour of our facility and discussion... |
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The Department of Defense (DoD) is the single largest consumer of energy in the United States. While ships, aircraft, and vehicles drive the majority of this energy consumption, the Soldier on the battlefield is becoming more and more dependent on portable power to feed the increased reliance on electronics to... |
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The recent weather and geological events taking place around the globe, and the high probability of a zombie apocalypse (well maybe not that one), got us thinking more and more about emergency preparedness. What are the things we can do to be more prepared for the unexpected? Max Mayfield, the... |
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Welcome to the newest version of our corporate website! We have attempted to create a much more user-friendly site that will allow you to learn more about our company and gather information about our solar products. In addition to creating a more vibrant website we will be sharing much more... |
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Last time, I closed with a mention of thorium reactors for the necessary 24/7 "storage" baseload, in a final transition to a greener, PV-dominated energy supply. (The utility baseload is the constant power that runs 24/7, at the lowest point of power use, usually in the wee hours of the... |
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In response to my first blog, Abel wrote: "I would like to know the present and future of A-Si efficiency, if this technology can get a better efficiency and how it could be possible." Those are good questions. If you ask a number of people, you will get a number... |
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My solar journey and comparison of solar technologies We all come to our particular world view by a series of decision points, some intentional, some not. My particular path to Amorphous Silicon (A-Si) was pretty intentional. When I got out of graduate school (I did my work in low temperature... |
