Ivy on photovoltaic panels

What is solar ivy?

A customizable, modular photovoltaic system that can be used for a wide range of applications, Solar Ivy is being offered by SMIT in a range of colors, leaf shapes, and photovoltaic panel types, and the company is currently taking orders for the first commercially available version of the product.

How does a solar ivy system work?

The system also allows for individual panels or “leaves” to be replaced in case of damage or further improvement in technology. Using the sun and the wind to provide renewable energy for the building, the Solar Ivy system also becomes a shade screen that minimizes solar heat gain.

What happened to Ivy solar?

Following the drops in the Feed-in Tariff, many Solar PV installers departed from the industry. Ivy Solar was created to care for the many solar PV owners left without support for their systems.

What is Smit solar ivy?

Having fast become recognized for the green consultancy they provide in conjunction with sustainable product development, SMIT has come out with a new solar energy system called Solar Ivy; leaf-like photovoltaic panels which use both the sun and the wind to generate electricity.

What are the advantages of solar ivy?

The advantage of this type of system is that it may be easily mounted on a vertical wall due to its light weight. Another ingenious attribute of Solar Ivy is that its light-sourcing leaves are not static, allowing them to move around and catch the sun from many directions.

How do ivy trees convert solar energy into electricity?

As the 'ivy' flutters and shifts in the wind, it converts solar energy into electricity. [They] are currently developing the next generation of the technology, which they call GROW.