Low-cost flexible solar film
The Challenge
Demand for renewable energy is soaring but current solar solutions are rigid, heavy and expensive.
Today's solar technologies are costly to purchase and even more expensive to install and deploy. The rigidity and weight of solar panels, for example, limits solar applications to the ground or on load-bearing roofs.
Innovative Flexible solar film
Using microgrooves thinner than a human hair, a 0.1mm flexible solar film has been created at ultra-low cost.
The microgroove architecture of the film eliminates multiple manufacturing steps while using the same widely available solar materials making it fast and easy to produce.
OPPORTUNITY Highlights
The Solution
Wide range Global applications
Customizable shapes and sizes combined with ultra-lightweight density allows for limitless possibilities.
The film is lightweight and flexible making it 45% cheaper to install than silicon PV. As a result, solar energy applications can be implemented in ways like never before including non-load-bearing rooftops, building integration, transport vehicles, portable devices - the possibilities are endless.
Competitive advantages
SIMPLE
Fast manufacturing and installation process
MULTI-PURPOSE
From rooftops to micro applications for IoT sensors
ULTRA-LOW COST
$0.03/watt manufactured
LIGHTWEIGHT
0.3kg/m²
SUSTAINABLE
Recyclable and uses no rare earth materials
MARKET-LEADING DENSITY
500 watts/kg
comparison
Manufactured cost per watt (US c/watt)
Flexible PV
Silicon PV
New Tech
Levelised cost of energy comparison (US c) - 100KW commercial rooftop installation
Flexible
PV
Silicon
PV
Future
Tandem
Modules
New
Tech
Market Size
Solar PV Market Value
$115.2B
Global market value in 2020 according to Grand View Research
Flexible Solar Growth
8.9%
CAGR forecast from 2021 to 2026, according to Absolute Reports
