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Eight19 Begins Organic Solar Trials in Africa

Real-­world data will accelerate product development

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Eight19, which launched its Indigo pay-as-you go personal solar electricity system for off-grid communities in Kenya in September 2011, has begun trials of fully printed plastic solar modules in Africa. Based on Eight19’s organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology, the Indigo solar home systems have been deployed in South Sudan in order to evaluate the performance of the new solar technology in the challenging environmental conditions that are found close to the equator. Organic solar technology i...

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