美国Konarka www.konarka.com
　Konarka公司成立于2001年七月，团队成员都是在奈米科技、光电技术上国际知名的科学家。Konarka发展的太阳能塑料电池，可使太阳能发电的成本更便宜、携带更轻便，在太阳能发电技术上有多项重大突破。
　Konarka成立至今不过短短数年，但由于卓越的研发能力与表现，在国际上已获得许多奖项与肯定。Konarka的目标是希望将发展出的塑料太阳能发电，也就是再生能源（renewable）运用在任何地方。

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.