Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual)

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Property, Plant and Equipment, Depreciation Methods straight-line method  
Revenue from Grants $ 579,079us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants $ 1,374,956us-gaap_RevenueFromGrants
Grants Receivable, Current 132,227us-gaap_GrantsReceivableCurrent 211,063us-gaap_GrantsReceivableCurrent
Research And Development Expense Including Grants 2,901,890ipwr_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseIncludingGrants 2,643,096ipwr_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseIncludingGrants
Research and Development Expense, Grants 643,421ipwr_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseGrants 1,430,798ipwr_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseGrants
Cash, FDIC Insured Amount 250,000us-gaap_CashFDICInsuredAmount  
Stockholders Equity, Reverse Stock Split 1-for-2.381 reverse stock split  
Inventory Valuation Reserves 40,703us-gaap_InventoryValuationReserves 0us-gaap_InventoryValuationReserves
Provision for Doubtful Accounts $ 24,775us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts $ 0us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount 2,932,155us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 2,145,495us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] | Government Entity and Three Customers [Member]    
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Concentration Risk, Percentage 76.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= ipwr_GovernmentEntityAndThreeCustomersMember
65.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= ipwr_GovernmentEntityAndThreeCustomersMember
Accounts Receivable [Member] | Government Entity and Two Customers and Vendor [Member]    
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Concentration Risk, Percentage 80.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= ipwr_GovernmentEntityAndTwoCustomersAndVendorMember
84.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= ipwr_GovernmentEntityAndTwoCustomersAndVendorMember
Patents [Member]    
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]    
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Method straight-line method.  
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life 20 years