Wat leuk, via de facebook groep "Electric sailboats" lees ik een persbericht dat deze zeiler:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Guillemot dit jaar de Route du Rhum gaat varen met een zeil met zonnecellen, van dit bedrijf:
heole.fr/en/#presentation
Hoe lang zou het duren, voor zoiets betaalbaar op de consumentenmarkt komt?
POST INITIALLY ON "Solar on a boat" Group. Reposted here for you my friends.
Hey sailors and solar defenders. Who else than us are convinced how cool and good is solar PV !
I have been reading you for years. Two years ago, I co-created the company Héole . (Heole Solar) in order to develop solar sails, with solar embedded into the sail. What solar, new solar = Organic Photovoltaic, the subject I have been an expert in Research at the University of Bordeaux as a Faculty !
I am thrilled today to officially announce Héole unveils today its first main sail with #OPV inside. These are so light and flexible that you can furl the sail as usual.
It is today onboard the catamaran "Metarom Group" of famous Marc Guillemot preparing for Route du Rhum racing in November.
And you know what, it simply works ! The catamaran is now fully positive in energy. The sail provides all the energy needed !!! No more need of turning on the smelly fossil fuel consuming diesel engine to recharge the batteries. On-going tests are breathtaking !
On top of that, need to know that #OPV solar modules are the most environmentally friendly PV technology. They are printed at room temperature from harmless non strategic materials ! So simple.
Heole Solar sails are also able to catch light and transform it into useful power when the sun is not perfectly hitting the sail. It is obviously very often the case when sailing ! As a consequence, even in scattered light, solar power feeds the batteries ! Amazing.
I am looking forward we propose such sail, commercially available in the coming months !
We are thankful for the hard work from the academic collaboration with my university Bordeaux INP / Univ. Bordeaux / CNRS.
Also thankful to Franck Perrier and Flavio Formosa the sail designer at ONESAILS -
www.onesails.com
#OrganicPhotovoltaic #solarsails #solarboats #solarenergy #solarpower #decarbonization