Davidherron's List: Solar Power

• Power Textiles Limited (PTL) develops and optimises textile fabrics on which solar (photovoltaic) cells have been directly integrated.

   

  Such fabrics have a wide variety of applications, including agricultural, disaster relief, architectural and military uses
• We believe that our unique photovoltaic battery concept, which is directly integrated onto fabric, could provide the agricultural and specialist growing sector with a product which may be more efficient and beneficial than the current growing systems, which include the use of poly tunnels.

• What output (per square metre) is likely?

   

  If we assume a cell power conversion efficiency of 3% the output would be at most 30W for a solar input of 1000 W per square metre ( we receive at best only about ~850 W per square meter in Scotland); an efficiency of 5% would give 50 W and 10% would give 100 W. Our goal is to extend the efficiency from a base of 5% up to 10% and beyond, which will be achieved through continuous investment and enhancement in our development process, resulting in step measured improvements.

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