Exeger's Powerfoyle is a fully customizable solar cell material with superior design properties, that can be integrated seamlessly into any electronic device. By harvesting energy from any light source, Powerfoyle extends or even drives unlimited battery life, leading the way to energy independence through more sustainable and user-friendly products.
Matrix Industries' products include advanced low-power machine learning algorithms and a unique energy harvesting technology. Specifically, Matrix has developed Single-cell Solar Booster standard (SSB) modules and also a high power variant (SSBH) specially tailored for single cell photovoltaics like Powerfoyle. Matrix SSB coupled with Powerfoyle Indoor cells (optimized for indoor applications) and Matrix SSBH coupled with Powerfoyle Hybrid (designed for a combination of outdoor and indoor light sources) enable manufacturers to create energy harvesting solutions with significant longer battery life – or even completely battery free – which streamlines maintenance operations and reduces maintenance costs.
The synergy between Matrix's high-performance boost converter modules and Powerfoyle's energy-harvesting technology makes this partnership an ideal choice for a wide range of industrial applications for agriculture, manufacturing and building systems (including heating, cooling and lighting), along with consumer devices such as wearables and home automation products.
"Joining forces with Matrix Industries provides yet another option for our customers to choose from when it comes to boost converters," says Oscar Hemberg, Chief Product Integration Officer at Exeger. "Through the combination of both Matrix’s technology and our revolutionizing solar cell, we can help our customers on their journey by offering a complete energy harvesting solution and reduce the need for costly battery replacement and maintenance of IoT deployments."
"Powerfoyle’s innovative solar cells are an especially appealing solution for wearable and IoT devices that need to incorporate efficient photovoltaic energy harvesting with none of the downsides of traditional solar cells such as visible bus bars or unnatural appearance," adds Douglas Tham, Chief Technology Officer at Matrix. "Our lineup of Single Solar Booster modules is a perfect match for Exeger’s solar cells and enables product designers to integrate Powerfoyle into products easily and at minimal added cost."
Exeger Stockholm II Factory
Exeger has recently announced that the first Powerfoyle cells have been produced and delivered to customers from its new factory, Stockholm II. The new facility is located in the Kista neighborhood of Stockholm, Sweden.
Stockholm is a global hub for sustainable technology and industrial projects for the green transition, and Kista in particular is home to the largest information and communications technology cluster in Europe. Once fully scaled, Stockholm II will enable Exeger to produce up to 2.5 million m2 per year of its patented solar cells, making it one of Europe’s largest solar cell factories in terms of annual production capacity. The new factory adheres to Exeger’s ambitious environmental friendliness criteria, running on 100% renewable energy while emitting no toxic emissions from production. This has been accomplished using an existing structure that has been developed into a manufacturing site, further minimizing the carbon footprint of Stockholm II.
The new factory has been designed to expand in modular steps. This enables Exeger to optimize capital expenditure and enhance operational agility, allowing for a fast-paced increase in production capacity to meet the growing market demand for Powerfoyle. Swedish industrialization and manufacturing expert ABB is a strategic partner in the robotization of both production sites. The global leader in industrial maintenance, Quant, focused on maximizing up-time to facilitate shipment to customers during this scale-up phase.
Establishing redundancy is important for a variety of reasons. With both sites operational, Exeger can cater to global market leaders with order volumes exceeding the stand-alone capacity of Stockholm I. The ability to deliver solar cells from two separate factories ensures reliable deliveries to customers. Over time, Stockholm II will have ten times the production capacity of Stockholm I and become the main mass-production facility. Stockholm I will then support with production and become a cutting-edge research and development center with industrial-scale machines to swiftly scale lab results into commercial solar cells.
"Witnessing the first Powerfoyle cells shipped from Stockholm II made me very proud of the whole team. Officially starting production at our second factory has been a huge step in our journey, enabling us to secure contracts with some of the world’s largest companies. Producing at this scale, with world leading companies as customers, will make Powerfoyle the new standard for sustainability and convenience in electronics. To put it into perspective, if the whole Stockholm II production was dedicated to remote control solar cells, that could substitute over one billion batteries, having a huge impact on the environment," stated Giovanni Fili, CEO and Founder of Exeger.
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