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Dracula Technologies at CES 2024

Presenting a new way to harvest and store the power from low light

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At CES in Las Vegas, Dracula Technologies has introduced Layer Vault. This technology combines low-light Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) energy harvesting and electrical storage on a single flexible film, thus providing a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to traditional batteries.

Organic PV

Organic solar module achieves over 14 per cent efficiency

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The currently most efficient organic solar module was constructed at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg for Renewable Energies (HI ERN). It achieves a new record efficiency of 14.46 per cent.

Asca's first glass balustrades in a commercial residential building in Möhringen, Germany.
Organic PV

Hering now becomes manufacturer of organic photovoltaic modules

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The construction company Hering is buying the company Asca, a manufacturer of organic photovoltaic (OPV) elements, including the OPV specialist's production facilities, brand rights and patents.

Solar wearables

Asca, Art by Physicist and Hackster launch tech fashion contest for makers

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Asca and the sustainable tech-fashion brand Art by Physicist have started a contest on Hackster.io, the world´s largest network for hardware and software developers.

The students of the University of Stuttgart enter the race with a building equipped with solar solutions from Asca.
Solar Decathlon:

Asca cooperates with German team Collab from the University of Stuttgart

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The manufacturer of organic photovoltaic films Asca cooperates with the Solar Decathlon Team Collab of the University of Stuttgart. The students will present the environmentally friendly building at the Solar Decathlon Europe 21/22 from 10 June 2022.

Organic PV:

Asca acquires IP for printed organic photovoltaics

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Asca has purchased a significant portfolio of device- and module-related intellectual property (IP) regarding printed OPV.

Partnership:

Advancing OPV together: ASCA and Nano-C intensify cooperation

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Organic photovoltaics (OPV) provider ASCA has expanded the colour portfolio of its solar films by integrating new acceptor materials into its products. The company is receiving the novel materials from its long-standing partner Nano-C.

Thanks to materials supplied by Raynergy Tek, ASCA was able to increase the efficiency of its semi-transparent free-form solar modules to around 70 watts per square metre.
Organic solar:

ASCA increases output of organic solar cells with new semiconductors

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ASCA has increased the efficiency of its modules by 40 per cent with new semiconductor materials. The components are supplied by the Taiwanese company Raynergy Tek.

ASCA´s photovoltaic solution integrated in the Roomz Solar Kit.
Solar integration:

A solar kit to upgrade intelligent workspace device

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The Swiss manufacturer Roomz has integrated ASCA´s organic photovoltaic modules to upgrade their wireless meeting-room management devices and power them with light.

The solar tree stands on the ceiling slab of an underground parking garage, where the other system components, such as the inverter, are located.
Organic solar:

Solar tree from ASCA supplies e-bike stations with green energy

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The ASCA solar films can be used in a wide range of applications – from individual small projects to facades in commercial housing construction. Here is a solar tree that charges e-bikes:

BIPV:

Glass facades that generate solar power

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Manufacturer Armor Solar from Bavaria has developed a new technology with which organic solar cells (OPV) can be integrated quickly, easily and flexibly into any glass format and facade.

The ASCA organic PV film in the shape of lotus leaves seem to be a perfect fit for the nature-inspired designs.
Fashion:

Smart and sustainable clothing with organic solar modules

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Art by Physicist is a Silicon Valley start-up specialising in sustainable and smart women's fashion that develops connected clothing that can be used, for example, to charge electronic devices on the go.