This is yet another remarkable product that I came upon at the Outdoor Retailer Convention. Power Film Solar a printed thin film solar product.

This note on the thin film solar product they produce is directly from the website:

Since 1988, the company has focused on developing thin film solar panel technology and an industrial scale manufacturing process to produce low cost solar panels on a high volume basis. Elements of the company’s low cost technology and manufacturing process include the use of: a durable, flexible plastic substrate; roll-to-roll manufacturing to minimize handling costs; amorphous silicon to avoid dependence on the silicon wafer market cycle; and printed interconnection to automate the cell connection process.

Having developed and commercialized an industrial scale production process for low cost thin, flexible solar panels, PowerFilm is in the process of expanding production capacity to meet the rapidly growing demand for solar panels.

What really amazes me about these guys is that they have been producing this product since 1988. There is so much talk about start-up companies like Nano-Solar and these guys have been around all along. Not only that, but they have manufactured many products that you can buy TODAY to power everything from your boat to your campsite to your laptop. Those coats that will power your ipod, they are part of it. backpacks that charge your phone? They make the panels.

For a very detailed product Brochure via a PDF file click here.