Created solar panels "mimic" under the roof Bashny.Net

Less than one percent of American households provide their own energy using the sun. Some can't afford the initial investment, while others are not sure that the solar station will be able to give enough energy.





There are also many people who have enough money and would like to install PV modules, but do not do it for aesthetic reasons, worrying about the appearance of their homes. Newly-made startup composed of engineers from MIT, offers a solution to this problem.



They created the SistineSolar company has developed solar panels that instead of the usual bluish tint can be decorated in any color and texture desired by the client. For example, you can cover the entire roof area of such panels, and they will be identical in pattern to the roof. Owners of companies can cover their buildings with solar panels with the images of their logos and advertising. Surprisingly, the loss in efficiency of such panels is minimal.

Design of solar power systems SolarSkin not so different from the usual translucent advertising on banners, which sometimes completely covers public transport. Passers-by can see this is on the outside, but for passengers it is almost transparent. The technology works so that the material reflects a certain amount of photons of light in a certain way, at the same time letting part of them inside.





In modules Sistine this effect is used in full: they reflect only a minimal amount of light that allows you to draw, and at the same time and give the opportunity to a large number of photons to get to the bar. This keeps the efficiency at a sufficient level. If we talk about price, customers can count on its increase of 10% compared with conventional systems of the same power.

SistineSolar, of course, is not the only company offering solutions for aesthetic solar panels. Last year, Tesla presented a new line of "solar shingles." According to the company, they will St, oity cheaper than installing solar panels on top of the roof. Like it or not — will be clear after entering them in the sale during the current year.





Product Sistine Solar is somewhat different. While Tesla panels actually are the roof, this company makes solar panels that look like shingles. Any pattern or design can be applied to the outer cover of the panel, no matter how it's folded.

One of the first PV systems were installed SolarSkin in Norval, Massachusetts. There is a 10-kilowatt station mimicry under pine pattern. Currently, the company already has about 200 orders in California and Massachusetts. While custom designs are not so popular among customers. Instead, people often choose one of the options offered by the company itself. They include the traditional roofs of American homes patterns, for example, asphalt and clay tile or slate.





"We believe that SolarSkin will become very popular, says co-founder of startup St. Balasubramanian. There is a huge desire of consumers to reduce their utility bills, and solar energy comes to the rescue of many. But more people are very concerned about aesthetics. Personally, I don't think solar panels on the roof is ugly. But many people think so, and now the number of excuses they have dramatically reduced."

 

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

 

Source: ecotechnica.com.ua/energy/solntse/2162-sozdany-solnechnye-paneli-mimikriruyushchie-pod-kryshu.html