Tag: smartflower
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Watch: New England farm installs the all-in-one solar SmartFlower
Lavender Pond Farm, New England’s largest lavender farm, has installed a solar SmartFlower, the first all-in-one, plug and play photovoltaic solar system. Inspired by sunflowers and other phototropic plants that follow the sun across the horizon, the SmartFlower wakes up at sunrise, fans out its twelve solar “petals” to 194 squareRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Innovative Solar Energy System
An Austrian company Smartflower recently unveiled a unique and innovative solar energy system, which does away with traditional roof-top mounted solar panels. The so-called Smartflower POP system is a 3.2 kW solar power array that is ground-mounted. It gets its name from the folding panels, which close up at night and in strong wind conditions,…