Konarka
美國Konarka www.konarka.com
Konarka公司成立于2001年七月，團隊成員都是在奈米科技、光電技術上國際知名的科學家。Konarka發展的太陽能塑料電池，可使太陽能發電的成本更便宜、攜帶更輕便，在太陽能發電技術上有多項重大突破。
Konarka成立至今不過短短數年，但由于卓越的研發能力與表現，在國際上已獲得許多獎項與肯定。Konarka的目標是希望將發展出的塑料太陽能發電，也就是再生能源（renewable）運用在任何地方。
Konarka Technologies is more than a lofty vision. We’re a global company with market-focused goals:
To expand the use of solar technology to a world of new applications
To generate a substantial ROI for Konarka shareholders
To sustain a first-class research capability and attract world-class talent
Bring off-grid power to the developing world and help alleviate poverty
Konarka Technologies was founded in 2001 by a team of scientists at UMass Lowell, led by the late Dr. Sukant Tripathy, an internationally known materials scientist and professor at UMASS Lowell, Dr. Alan Heeger, a 2000 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Howard Berke, Konarka’s Executive Chairman.
The company's impressive technical innovations have led to investments of over $150 million in private capital and $20 million in government research grants to date – as well as exciting collaborations with solar technology scientists throughout the world.
Konarka has grown rapidly since 2001. Our staff of over 80 people worldwide includes many of the world’s top thin film photovoltaic scientists. In 2008, Konarka introduced Power Plastic to the commercial market. In 2009, we opened our large-scale manufacturing plant in New Bedford, Massachusetts and introduced seven standard panels suitable for microelectronics, portable power and remote power applications.
