Smart window blinds provide electricity Bashny.Net

Ukrainian businessman Eugene Eric demonstrated at a conference in Kiev iForum his invention in the field of solar energy - smart blinds that generate electricity. A startup called SolarGaps.

According to Eric, prototypes of window blinds, solar panels on them and the controller are designed and manufactured in Ukraine. "I'd love for us to not only the roof, but the windows and the area used for the generation of electricity", - the businessman said

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Eugene Eric six months working on a project in the framework of the accelerator IoT-Hub.

According to him, development is already interested in the three investment companies. "During iForum came as representatives of the business center, the hotel coworking and that the final product itself was interesting," - he added

. Equipment blinds conventional windows in the apartment, according to his estimates, will cost $ 300. For business center - $ 150 sq meter. The system is designed to operate for 10 years.

Controller that comes bundled with the blinds can provide the transformation of the energy produced by a standard voltage of 220 volts. "Blinds simply can turn into a home outlet. And they will provide the apartment with electricity network ", - says the inventor

. According to him, refrigerator consumes an average of 150 watts. A single window will give a minimum of 300 watts. "One-bedroom apartment with three windows facing the south side, are able to give 600 watts of electricity per hour. It is about 4-5 kW per day. That is, 150 kW per month. The average consumption of one-bedroom apartment per month. You will be able to provide yourself and do not pay anything, installing additional batteries to preserve stored energy, "- emphasizes Eric

. In addition, energy can be "injected" into the drive and used in the blackout. You can also sell excess energy to the network on the green tariff.

The development of the technology itself has cost more than $ 20 000. The project is focused on the European and Ukrainian market.

Summer planned out on Kickstarter. If kraudfandingovaya campaign is successful, the main production start-up plans to establish in China. Eric plans to collect $ 100,000 minimum. "In general, solar energy projects on Kickstarter raised to $ 2 million," - he stressed.