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Quarter 3, 2023

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Each quarter we gather the latest updates, giving you a snapshot of what's new with PowerFilm. Enjoy the Q3 highlights!

Blog Posts

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Solar can be intimidating, but over the past 35 years, we’ve created a process that makes developing your next product efficient, collaborative and cost-effective.

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Amorphous vs. Crystalline: How To Determine The Best Solar Technology For Your Application text on a blue background with futuristic gears.

PowerFilm doesn’t push a small selection of products or even a single technology. We offer a wide range of amorphous silicon and crystalline silicon solar solutions.

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Man on a snowy mountain with a LightSaver Max on his pack with text How To Power Devices Anywhere with Flexible LightSaver Solar Charging Solutions
Hand holding a 3D world with IoT-related icons swirling around it with How To Optimize Charging for IoT Solar Energy Harvesting Applications text.
Solar panel installed on a reefer with the words Reefer Solar Panels Help Save More Diesel Than You Might Think on a semi-transparent white background
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A truck driving on the road with the text Solar PAnels for Thermo King Precedent and Carrier Vector Reefers

Products

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Semi-flexible crystalline solar panel with an integrated charge controller installed on a transportation refrigeration unit.

Do you want to decrease idle running time, increase battery lifetime, reduce jump-start service calls, and save diesel fuel? We have transportation solar solutions to improve fleet readiness, increase efficiency, and save you money.

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News

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Videos

PowerDrive Golf Car Solar Panel Installation

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Trucking Solar Solutions Explainer Video
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Our latest videos highlight the installation of our 165W PowerDrive Golf Car Solar Panel and explain market problems our solar solutions solve.

Webinars

Charge controllers, who needs them? Optimizing MPPT for Energy Harvesting Applications_Brad Scandrett_Sensors Converge_2023
eliminate batteries in iot devices with indoor solar energy harvesting and long-life supercapacitors_sam jones_ieee_cap-xx_2021_webinar_web

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Events

Animated refrigerated truck on a blue background with the text IFDA Solutions September 23-25 Ft. Worth, Texas on a white square

At this show, we exhibited our transportation solar solutions that help food distributors improve fleet efficiency, mitigate forthcoming CARB regulations, and meet general decarbonization goals.

AUSA October 8-10 Washington, D.C. text overlayed on an American Flag Background

Next week, we will attend AUSA to discuss our man-portable, vehicle, and basing custom solutions leveraging amorphous and crystalline solar technologies.

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Distributors 

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Are you interested in designing a device with integrated amorphous silicon solar? Our Electronic Component Solar Panels and Solar Development Kits are a great place to start. Visit Digi-Key and shop our entire lineup today!

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