Sol Chip

Sol Chip’s Everlasting Solar Battery provides energy for the lifetime of low-power devices.

The compact, maintenance-free Everlasting Solar Battery can provide energy for the lifetime of low-power devices.

Sol Chip’s innovative technology provides a platform for disruptive applications such as precision agriculture and Internet of Things (IoT). It has been designed to enable autonomous operation of devices and systems powered by a plug-and-play solar energy source.

• Enables autonomous operation of low-power applications (compact, lightweight solution)
• Harvests energy for the life of the devices/systems
• Reduces environmental hazard
• Reduces the overall sensor cost
• Decreases design complexity
• Increases overall efficiency and reliability (ruggedized/waterproof)

• Milestones: Completed development of solar battery and manufactured its first units at Fraunhofer Inst. in Germany. Prototype devices approved by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Signed several engagement letters and started design with four customers for different applications.
• Nominated by EE Times as one of its “Silicon 60: Hot startups to watch.”
• H1 2014
  • Signed collaboration agreement with Tadiran Batteries.
  • Alpha and beta testing with 40 potential customers
  • First IoT design in with Tier-1 company to start production in Q3 2014

Dr. Peter Harrop (left) with Sol Chip CEO Shani Keysar and VP Bus. Dev. Rami Friedlander as they accept the award for Best Technical Development of Energy Harvesting at IDTechEx 2013.

Awards

• 2016 Most Innovative Companies (Energy), Fast Company
• 2015 Best Israeli Start-Up, iNNOVEX
• 2013 Best Technical Development of Energy Harvesting, IDTechEx
• 2013 Best Start-Up, Israel’s Office of the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy

In the Media

• The Jerusalem Post: “Israeli firm launches solar-powered device to monitor farm” fields
• People & Computers: Sol Chip Presents Its Revolutionary Solar Solution for Precision Agriculture
  
• Sol Chip Powers Precision Agriculture with Solariz in Singapore”
• Most Innovative Companies of 2016, Fast Company
• Shani Keysar profiled in Merck Pro magazine
• Sol Chip technology integrated in streetlights
• Sol Chip raises $5 million

The 21st century has created an enormous demand for low-power applications such as wireless devices. Their ability to operate autonomously is limited by battery lifespan. The need to replace batteries causes considerable downtime, is expensive, and takes a heavy toll on the environment due to battery waste disposal.

Examples of segments that Sol Chip intends to penetrate with its first-generation product are wireless sensors and wireless sensor networks (WSN) for precision agriculture (e.g., drip irrigation, herd monitoring); environmental monitoring (e.g., humidity, light, temp, color, fertilizers, dimensions); and traceability systems (RFID).