Principle of operation of solar panels Smartflower – sunflower behavior: they were going to the place where shines the sun . According to the developers, this type of panels will generate 40% more power than conventional solar systems.
For movement Smartflower equipped with GPS-tracking, which allows you to track the location of the sun. At sunrise, the solar plant “blooms”, opening the panel at an angle of 90 degrees. During the day, “Flower Power” turns after the star, generating energy. At night, the panel closed, informs news.eizvestia.com .
Developers also equipped with an inner panel installation purification system, which allows to generate an additional 5% of energy.
The company has sold more than a thousand Smartflower plants in Europe. It is known that “energy flowers” decorate the Royal Botanic Garden in Madrid and the University of Applied Sciences in Kufstein. Buyers use them not only for commercial purposes but also private. In mid-April, will start selling in the United States.
We add that the power structure of the panel unusual develop not only in Europe. In 2016, a Japanese startup Kyosemi proposed to improve the efficiency of solar panels, making them in the form of beads. In their opinion, it is this form will allow capture sunlight from any angle.