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Nanotechnology Brings Next Generation Solar to Off-Grid Generation

Simon Bransfield Garth, CEO of Eight19, is panelist at Economist Conference's UK Energy Summit

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

The CEO of Eight19, Simon Bransfield Garth, explained how his company’s printed-plastic PV technology will use nanotechnologies to keep the lights on for those currently off-grid in developing countries. As one of the panel members at Economist Conference’s UK Energy Summit, Bransfield Garth described how his technology will use just 1kg of photovoltaic materials to produce enough printed plastic PV to cover the whole of Wembley Stadium football pitch. As many key materials are in incre...

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