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Sunflower – Making Solar Energy a Bigger Part of Our Everyday Life

Printed-plastic solar technology is transforming how and where power is harvested

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Printed-plastic solar technology is transforming how and where power is harvested. It represents the newest generation of technologies in solar power generation which will result in flexible, low weight, and low cost panels. Europe has recently launched Sunflower, a four-year, €14.2M effort to develop advanced flexible plastic solar panels designed to be integrated into new consumer mobile applications and buildings. Led by the CSEM, the project consortium includes industrial partners such a...

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