Something for the neighbours perhaps to gawk at. i don t like the look of conventional solar panels. ijust don t like them. so, ithought, 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 s 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, it s tuneable, and they can layer it with, in theory, as many layers
Now the arc is designed to capture sunlight throughout more of the day. and that is partly because it s got five surfaces on which to harvest energy. and this curved design means that usually it has a sweet spot which is very useful at the start and end of the day in particular. i think it looks 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 th
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? s0 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. 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 with in theory as many layers as they want to choose different parts of the
How can i do it with avoiding solar panels? s0 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 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 with in theory as many layers as they want to choose different parts of the spectrum and capture overall more light coming in. despite this sunny outlook, today this solar film is only 8% efficient. with a 10% version expected later this year. last year that may have been a problem, high initial costs have