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Sign upSolar Cloth thin film photovoltaic panel
Ultra-flexible, thin-film (CIGS) and light solar panels relevant for tents, trucks, drones, airships...
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Identification
Solar Cloth manufacture ultra flexible and thin film (less than 1 mm) solar panels aimed to be installed where other solar panels are not relevant and thus open a new market. It can be fixed on light building, textile areas (shade textile, tents...), trucks and small vehicles, boats, or be foldable and relevant for other usage like in greenhouses.
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Label Date
March 2022
By
Solar-Cloth
From
France
Maturity stage
Medium and large scale commercialization
Looking For
Network, New clients, Visibility, Partners
Sectors - Value chain - Application
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Applications
Design, Power & Produce
Package & Distribute
Use & Efficiency
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The environmental benefits
- •1 square meter = 176Wp, less than 2kg and below 1mm thickness
- •At least 80% of efficiency at 20 year of age
- •Estimated carbon footprint is 15gr of CO2/kWh
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The Financial benefits
- •When installed on trucks, the panel avoid immobilisation breakdowns and the cost of an intervention
- •When installed on tents, the panel will allow to not be connected to the electrical grid
- •When installed textile greenhouses, this will allow to create a huge PV parc without the need of an additional structure
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Company Profile
Solar-Cloth
Solar Cloth manufacture tailor-made solar panels (CIGS); 176Wp and less than 2kg per square meter.
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Headquarters
06210 Mandelieu-La Napoule, France
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Networking Partner
PEXE
Réseau PEXE, the French Cleantech network, is the leading network of French cleantech clusters. Its main objective is to structure and promote the cleantech industry to accelerate the development of its 5000 SMEs.
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Capenergies
Capenergies is a french competitiveness Cluster adressing the topic of the energy transition for sustainable territories.
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ADEME
ADEME - The French Agency for Ecological Transition- is a public agency under the joint authority of the Ministry for an Ecological Transition and the Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
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