i can see them being seen as a sort of carbon neutral status symbol. something for the neighbours, perhaps, to gawk at. i don t like the look of conventional solar panels. ijust don t like them. so i thought well, i want to get the home energy independent but how can i do it with avoiding solar panels? so started looking into new solar technology that was out there. this is solivus testing yard in kent where they ve been adapting the shape of the sculpture to maximise efficiency. the multilayered solar film used is provided by german firm heliotech. these solar panels are made up of three distinct layers at the moment and the top layer will capture the high energy light. the middle layer will capture the sort of visible light and then the bottom layer captures more of the infrared, more of the heat. so maximum efficiency for conventional solar panel is about 33% whereas for this technology they can layer it
quite futuristic. and if solar sculptures like this were to catch on, i can see them being seen as a sort of carbon neutral status symbol. something for the neighbours, perhaps to gawk at. i don t like the look of conventional solar panels. ijust don t like them. so i thought well, i want to get the home energy independent but how can i do it with avoiding solar panels? so, started looking into new solar technology that was out there. this is solivus testing yard in kent where they ve been adapting the shape of the sculpture to maximise efficiency. the multilayered solar film used is provided by german firm helio tech. these solar panels are made up of three distinct layers at the moment and the top layer will capture the high energy light. the middle layer will capture the sort of visible light