The average solar panel system cost around 10K give or take, this contraption costs three times as much, not to mention that it has greatly reduced surface area due to it's smaller size and circular shape. Furthermore, considering all the frequently moving parts, you can bet that this gimmick will break down or require service every few years. So, in actuality, this is just a tawdry niche product bought by rich naive people or large organisations who want to "appear" environmental.
This isn't a general use solar panel I feel it's more for a niche market of the richer who want to be eco-friendly and won't mind spending a few extra bucks for the aesthetics
1-Datagram - Mir Mubasher is correct. This is not meant for industrial use. It is meant for those who would like to use solar power to power their homes, corporate office buildings and such, but want something that looks aesthetic. I’m sorry if this sounds offensive, but I have no better way to put it-your criticism is therefore partially invalid. You are correct in asserting that this is inferior (strictly by efficiency, practicality, and price) to regular sun-tracking panels. However, the creation of products that sacrifice some performance and efficiency for luxury and aesthetic, which are obviously marketed towards the wealthy, are important niche markets. With this product, the wealthy who would like to implement renewable energy without compromising the appearance of their property now have an option. Some people are willing to pay a little extra for looks.
How is this any more efficient than the flat sun tracking panels we already have? You are wasting space and over complicating a product just to make it look like a flower.
Are you kidding me ,it's clearly not about building panels but it's more about making these solar panels attract not only industrial people but people who want to be a part of renewable energy. And who would you see buy a flat Panel ,the flower also rotates towards the position of the sun in the sky and thus has more efficiency ,it folds. The part that it looks attractive and can also generate energy is a trait and not a problem .
This is idiotic, the weird shape of the panels does not allow 100% efficiency of placement of the cells to begin with. there's gaps where there's no cell at all. And there's been dual axis solar trackers for decades literally. A rectangular or Square panel allows for 100% placement of solar cells per surface area and if you put a traditional dual-axis tracker on that it will beat this hands down.
@@carlsonraywithers3368 Free speech.. it's a thing still. I was replying to someone else. And my OP had nothing to do with anything except the product at hand. So yeah.. good job..
For 25k you can have a solar system that runs 3 houses and still jave extra power. Compared to this shit thats not even enough power to fuel a house. And its not rated for morw than 39 mph winds 😂😂😂😂😂
Justin Fowler A 2kw rooftop plant in a developing country costs around $2000-3000. So yeah.....this is far from being efficient, functionally or financially.
LOL, I like that kidneys joke. We used to visit a good mansion for sale which costs about 1.5M $ without a single furniture. Then we jokingly talked about using kidneys as payment, it turned out that a kidney worth only around 50k$....
theepicsealshow123 A 2kw rooftop plant in a developing country costs around $2000-3000. So yeah.....this piece of crap is expensive...Not solar panels.
Actually $ 30000 can give u a big house in small town in my country 😅😅 It also can afford your tuition fee from kindergarden to master degree in my country 😂😂
@@christopherwillows5515 He's a Phd scientist with a youtube channel who is famous for laying out the basic physics for why particular ideas are never going to work in reality.
It would have been nice if they gave just a rough estimate of what one unit would actually produce in kilowatts of energy, so it can be estimated of how much one flower could produce for an entire household percentage of total consumption.
See: smartflowersolar.com/faqs/ "The best measurement of productivity is the kilowatt hour, usually shown as kWh. A SmartFlower typically produces anywhere from 4,500 to over 6,500 kWh per year, depending on where it is located. Particularly sunny climates, like Arizona desert cities, will produce at the top of the range. More temperate climates with fewer sunny days like in the Midwest or Northeast will most likely produce in the lower half of that range."
How why would someone go out of their way to create a complete robotically system that tracks the sun and make renewable energy and also is mass produced just to scam people
@@canadianwifi2903 It's probably just another clean tech company that does something that looks cool but is super impractical to get investors money and burn it. Essentially normal people fall for that and loose all their money. No engineer would look at that and think it's useful. It's just way to expensive and fragile
Thats gonna be stupid Why? Well solar panels waste their efficieny in a couple of years. They arent even half as efficient as they initially were after a year. 2nd wind farms are usually located in places with lots of wind and windy places tend to be very gloomy. So we put farms near the coast of oceans. Using solar panels and wind energy would be a waste of money and it would be inefficient since they would have to change the panels very often, and the material itself isnt the most durable and suitanle for wind farms
I’d make the tracking unit dynamic, by using a probe at the center of the bulb that gives sun orientation input, so it knows where to look without any programming.
Moving for the purpose of tracking the sun is good. But adding moving parts just to mimic a flower is not good. It’ll just add to the maintenance of the product.
Sanjeev Meena - I think this is a niche product for the wealthy and corporations that want to use solar energy for their homes and corporate buildings, respectively, but don’t want to mess up the appearance and aesthetic of their properties. Some people are willing to pay extra for good looks
How is this amazing? its totally garbage with no real purpose or improvement over normal solar panel, innovations is integrating readily available technology into already available things.. not making more complicated shit.
This is great, but its already done large scale by Crescent Dunes, a solar farm in Nevada - which started in 2014. A similar project is already under construction in Port Augusta (Australia) called the Aurora project.
Smart Flower was an Austrian company first, but they went bankrupt a year ago. And now: $31,000 for roughly 3000 kWh per year? It looks nice, but not THAT nice! Normal photovoltaics costs a fraction of this. Even a similar looking "PV-flower" without moving parts would cost just a fraction of this. And it would just has to be about 20% bigger (diameter) to get the same yield.
Outstanding.....how many different config sizes are there? How much power nominally does the unit produce in Eastern North America in "Albany, N.Y.?" How much is it to "buy, land, and setup?" What is NYSERDA doing still for incentives, if any please? Finally, I drive a crane truck now...need any help in upstate NY with a clean CDL-A/B ?!
Just saying. Would be pretty awesome if to could go above a forest canopy. Maybe it could be fitted with purple light beams on the bottom so the forest gets enough light
Doesn't really make much sense. Solar panels and lamps are both inefficient, you'd need way more power for the purple lamps than you'd get from the solar. Just take a piece of desert that doesn't get too many dust storms, fence a few square miles off of prevent people from stealing panels, and fill it with your average standard mass-produced panels.
Why do you have to have all those moving parts? That just increase the chances of a mechanical failure and the complexity increases the cost of repair. There are already setups that track the sun. People who design Power Ranger gear probably designed this.
Trust me, I had this kind of things in my mind for years, I always think of umbrella n sunflower type of solar design do that it can be installed or carried easily with better angling.
@Grogg Mayles Umm.. no, the average solar panel system cost around 10K give or take, this contraption costs three times as much, not to mention that it has greatly reduced surface area due to it's smaller size and circular shape. Furthermore, considering all the frequently moving parts, you can bet that this gimmick will break down or require service every few years. So, in actuality, the only thing cheap about this is that it is a cheap money making trick.
I tried to purchase 3 of these for our ranch in Arizona. This company didn't seem interested in business so far from their headquarters. Despite several emails, they never followed through. If they don't have the wherewithall to fill orders how can they possibly expect anyone to have confidence in their products? Look elsewhere.
Ok, so it's a solar tracker, which isn't anything new, it's just an expense that most people don't want,, making it open up seems like a liability because that's another moving part that can fail, and when that fails your flower won't do so well, plus the design minimizes the total available solar power if you do that instead of just a square arrangement of panels that track the Sun. So it self cleans, the solar is on the ground you can spray it with a hose, cleaning is not as big of an issue as people make out unless you live in an extremely filthy environment. I will concede that those who live in heavily snowy areas this could be useful to open and close, however it does snow during the day and I wonder what that extra weight would do to the "pedals", but I guess it could close up for protection. However this is the killer, $25000 for a system that is 2.5kW, plus installation, $10/watt is a extremely expensive for solar, a quick google shows a tracker that can hold up to 4kW of panels for under $10k, 2.5kW of panels, LG, for about $2500, and an invert for $2k, so easily $10k less and this is without any serious looking for deals.
It should have been equipped with a smart petals heater for snowy places, and also use the wind and its tilting capabilities to blow off light snow, this way it would have been completely winter proof, a first in solar panels. So after a blizzard, the smart petals heater would heat up the device and allow it to deploy even when it is still cold.
This is probably one the most remarkable examples I've seen of biomimicry. Amazing work and wishing you much success, hopefully no planned obsolescence in the design or systems!
I have another question will you except my electric bill payment - any on grid electric to supplement none functioning periods and let me pay until it no longer functions if so you have a deal but it'll never pay for it's self
I paid one tenth for my fixed flat panels than this thing costs, and my panels produce half again more power. But I must admit the flower design is fun to look at.
any solar tracking set of panels does better, but it comes at a cost of extra hardware that must be maintained. in the long run it is cheaper to just ditch the tracking hardware and install more fixed panels.
Incredible. Fascinating. Totally NOT affordable for the average person. How about if you want to have your great new world, you make things affordable for we normal, paycheck to paycheck families?
The flower aspect seems needlessly overcomplicated for little benefit. Having panels that track the sun is a good idea, but the folding and unfolding adds so many additional things that could break simply for easier cleaning and protection from...what? Hailstorms or sticks blowing in a heavy wind I suppose.
you need a wind test. put it in a wind tunnel let see how much it can take.(in safe mode will it last in a hurricane ) and can you make one that works as a windmill if there is no sun?(or even if there is sun sometimes)
$30,000? Yikes Where I am (South Africa) that's equals R450,000 (Rands). That's way expensive. We put systems on temple's houses that cost R100,000 to R120,000. So about a quarter. Granted I'm not sure about the flower's power output. However, to power a single household this is way too expensive.
How long will it last? I think people should start thinking on how to recycle solar panels. I read somewhere that in China there will be a crisis after 20 years for its panels will no longer be usable and hard to recycle.
Am I the only one who looks at this and thinks that it's the new c band sattelite dish of this era? Would be great if it could get that ubiquitous. The price needs to come waaaaaay down for that to happen though.
I had a different idea that involves the origami of satellite solar panel and other systems deployment, with some collapsing tubes that pack the whole system back into its compact space. Although these systems do only work in zero-G, they could be reworked for 1G
they should focus more on how to develop more efficient solar panels than this kind of contraption yes it may be great but the overall energy efficiency is not
How is making a device that needs the energy to make it function any better than a regular solar panel? Unless the device could produce more energy than it powering itself, a normal solar panel does much more and is more efficient even if the device has a higher output than input (I.e. energy).
Body can be a spinning turbine.. this one should be big higher than a tree 🌳… lot of space can be use fold like umbrellas when it rain or car park under 😅👍
The average solar panel system cost around 10K give or take, this contraption costs three times as much, not to mention that it has greatly reduced surface area due to it's smaller size and circular shape. Furthermore, considering all the frequently moving parts, you can bet that this gimmick will break down or require service every few years. So, in actuality, this is just a tawdry niche product bought by rich naive people or large organisations who want to "appear" environmental.
You are right, the regular solar panels that track the sun are a million times better
But I think it's like that so it can save space
This isn't a general use solar panel I feel it's more for a niche market of the richer who want to be eco-friendly and won't mind spending a few extra bucks for the aesthetics
Correct
The focus should be to cover buildings with solar panel. I bet we will produce atleast double of what we produce now by solar panels.
1-Datagram - Mir Mubasher is correct. This is not meant for industrial use. It is meant for those who would like to use solar power to power their homes, corporate office buildings and such, but want something that looks aesthetic. I’m sorry if this sounds offensive, but I have no better way to put it-your criticism is therefore partially invalid. You are correct in asserting that this is inferior (strictly by efficiency, practicality, and price) to regular sun-tracking panels. However, the creation of products that sacrifice some performance and efficiency for luxury and aesthetic, which are obviously marketed towards the wealthy, are important niche markets. With this product, the wealthy who would like to implement renewable energy without compromising the appearance of their property now have an option. Some people are willing to pay a little extra for looks.
How is this any more efficient than the flat sun tracking panels we already have? You are wasting space and over complicating a product just to make it look like a flower.
But it's pretttttyyyy
Beauty is everything, we would pay millions for loads of these metal flowers even if they don't work properly
@@yuno9121 yeah just look at apple
Are you kidding me ,it's clearly not about building panels but it's more about making these solar panels attract not only industrial people but people who want to be a part of renewable energy. And who would you see buy a flat Panel ,the flower also rotates towards the position of the sun in the sky and thus has more efficiency ,it folds.
The part that it looks attractive and can also generate energy is a trait and not a problem .
@@yuno9121 and then we'll go bankrupt
This is idiotic, the weird shape of the panels does not allow 100% efficiency of placement of the cells to begin with. there's gaps where there's no cell at all. And there's been dual axis solar trackers for decades literally. A rectangular or Square panel allows for 100% placement of solar cells per surface area and if you put a traditional dual-axis tracker on that it will beat this hands down.
It's not about that, it's just a product for companies to say 'look at us! We are progressive!'
@@fish9468 in other words just like most far left liberals. All fluff and talk but no substance. look at how good we are now give us our trophy.
Oh my god how has this got anything to do with politics! I cant exist without u lot jamming ur naziisms down my throat
@@demandred1957 I can't escape politics even in a solar power video, Shut up about your politics, Bring it up only if appropriate
@@carlsonraywithers3368 Free speech.. it's a thing still. I was replying to someone else. And my OP had nothing to do with anything except the product at hand. So yeah.. good job..
For 25k you can have a solar system that runs 3 houses and still jave extra power. Compared to this shit thats not even enough power to fuel a house. And its not rated for morw than 39 mph winds 😂😂😂😂😂
Jave*
Plus $6,000 to install. Stupid expensive.
I looked it up. This thing only generates 2 Kw of power. Pricing it at 30k hardly makes it accessible to the masses. Just another toy for the rich.
Justin Fowler A 2kw rooftop plant in a developing country costs around $2000-3000. So yeah.....this is far from being efficient, functionally or financially.
Hey but it's asthetics
2kw ? that sucks. with 30k we can get over 12kw worth of solar power . that is about 6x more power for the same price.
yep that's why they conveniently left out the output figures. really dumb
2 kw if you have sun that day..
This is just one of those things that is never going to happen
A common solar energy panel is already really expensive here were I live, this one would require more kidneys than I have.
LOL, I like that kidneys joke. We used to visit a good mansion for sale which costs about 1.5M $ without a single furniture. Then we jokingly talked about using kidneys as payment, it turned out that a kidney worth only around 50k$....
30.000$ for one solar unit.... Well... 30.000 is a 1/3 of a House costs in most of the countries. It's definetly not made for an average people.
I don't think it ever mentioned that it was for average people? yes solar panels are expensive whats your point
theepicsealshow123 A 2kw rooftop plant in a developing country costs around $2000-3000. So yeah.....this piece of crap is expensive...Not solar panels.
@Mohit Negi, exactly that is what I meant...
Actually $ 30000 can give u a big house in small town in my country 😅😅
It also can afford your tuition fee from kindergarden to master degree in my country 😂😂
I can't wait until you get the Thunderfoot treatment.
What does this mean? I’m curious/ uninitiated.
@@christopherwillows5515 He's a Phd scientist with a youtube channel who is famous for laying out the basic physics for why particular ideas are never going to work in reality.
@@diemos09 and makes seriously huge mistakes along the way
It would have been nice if they gave just a rough estimate of what one unit would actually produce in kilowatts of energy, so it can be estimated of how much one flower could produce for an entire household percentage of total consumption.
See: smartflowersolar.com/faqs/
"The best measurement of productivity is the kilowatt hour, usually shown as kWh. A SmartFlower typically produces anywhere from 4,500 to over 6,500 kWh per year, depending on where it is located. Particularly sunny climates, like Arizona desert cities, will produce at the top of the range. More temperate climates with fewer sunny days like in the Midwest or Northeast will most likely produce in the lower half of that range."
This information should have been in the video right after the cost estimates. 4,000 to 6,500 kilowatt hours annually for $30,000.
@@Aaron16211 hopefully with zero maintenance for 30 years
To David Prodigy: I think the warranty is 2 years parts and labor and 5 years parts only.
To: Aaron Vallejo Perhaps they didn't want you to know. ;)
This is a paid advertisement.
Cmon that just looks like another scam
David Esparza
When someone say they’ll give you what you are looking for but then they give you the wrong item or fake item.
Elaborate please?
How why would someone go out of their way to create a complete robotically system that tracks the sun and make renewable energy and also is mass produced just to scam people
@@canadianwifi2903 It's probably just another clean tech company that does something that looks cool but is super impractical to get investors money and burn it. Essentially normal people fall for that and loose all their money. No engineer would look at that and think it's useful. It's just way to expensive and fragile
@@wunder1385 It cost 30K and only generates 2Kw of power. Hardly solar power for the masses.
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What if it spins and then not only produces solar energy but also wind energy !
Thats gonna be stupid
Why?
Well solar panels waste their efficieny in a couple of years. They arent even half as efficient as they initially were after a year.
2nd wind farms are usually located in places with lots of wind and windy places tend to be very gloomy. So we put farms near the coast of oceans.
Using solar panels and wind energy would be a waste of money and it would be inefficient since they would have to change the panels very often, and the material itself isnt the most durable and suitanle for wind farms
Charlie Shin It would pay itself off... As technology advances they will last longer
Rion Sealtiel Garcia lmao that’s innovation af
Charlie Shin nothing much it was just my imagination 😂😂😂
Grogg yh well not at the moment it doesn't and any engineer will tell u how inefficient it is to how solar panels as the materials for wind farms
I’d make the tracking unit dynamic, by using a probe at the center of the bulb that gives sun orientation input, so it knows where to look without any programming.
A simple square panel with sun tracking to me seems way more efficient and less costly, plus less maintenance.
Moving for the purpose of tracking the sun is good. But adding moving parts just to mimic a flower is not good. It’ll just add to the maintenance of the product.
This is so awesome now solar can finally be used in places where the sun is shaped in a flower
if it costs 3 times more than flat solar panels then it needs to compete with them. I don't see this thing winning a 1v3 against old flat panels.
This looks much better than the rectangle version, so many people will be more accepting it to install it into their gardens...
Will *YOU* buy one ?
This is an amazing thing no doubts, but they or someone need to make it more affordable otherwise it's of little to no use.
Sanjeev Meena - I think this is a niche product for the wealthy and corporations that want to use solar energy for their homes and corporate buildings, respectively, but don’t want to mess up the appearance and aesthetic of their properties. Some people are willing to pay extra for good looks
@Xanther Xavier, Very possible.
How is this amazing? its totally garbage with no real purpose or improvement over normal solar panel, innovations is integrating readily available technology into already available things.. not making more complicated shit.
Xanther Xavier Its for people with 1 functioning brain cell and shit-ton of money.
Awesome bring this to India.... which has immense potential to absorb your inovation and will win win for both
Just wait for thunderf00t to dubunk this
People in the comments already debunk it xd
thunderf00t ain't no credibility............. and comments made by so called expert here is youtube is better than Thunderf00t............
No thanks. The less of his smarmy ego the world has to endure, the better.
Good concept, but have you tried installing this in real harsh environment like extreme heat such Middle East? Or windy places such as Netherlands?
This is great, but its already done large scale by Crescent Dunes, a solar farm in Nevada - which started in 2014. A similar project is already under construction in Port Augusta (Australia) called the Aurora project.
Is this suitable or have enough space for close residential front porch or lawn?
Smart Flower was an Austrian company first, but they went bankrupt a year ago.
And now: $31,000 for roughly 3000 kWh per year?
It looks nice, but not THAT nice!
Normal photovoltaics costs a fraction of this.
Even a similar looking "PV-flower" without moving parts would cost just a fraction of this.
And it would just has to be about 20% bigger (diameter) to get the same yield.
Its when the science, the botany and creativity meet, they grow solar flowers.
Whatever it maybe.........we learn from mother nature...... So hands off to you guys
It’s all about energy output. If it could fully run a household I would plant it in my garden.
You need to buy about 10 of these devices, and live in a sunny area, to power a whole house ...
Outstanding.....how many different config sizes are there? How much power nominally does the unit produce in Eastern North America in "Albany, N.Y.?"
How much is it to "buy, land, and setup?" What is NYSERDA doing still for incentives, if any please?
Finally, I drive a crane truck now...need any help in upstate NY with a clean CDL-A/B ?!
Go to their website - But, if you ask "how much ?" then you cannot afford it ...
I saw this video, fantastic foldable solar panel fans.
Did you buy one ?
WOW This Smartflower is AMAZING!!!
Very expensive, not amazing ..
Just saying. Would be pretty awesome if to could go above a forest canopy. Maybe it could be fitted with purple light beams on the bottom so the forest gets enough light
Doesn't really make much sense. Solar panels and lamps are both inefficient, you'd need way more power for the purple lamps than you'd get from the solar. Just take a piece of desert that doesn't get too many dust storms, fence a few square miles off of prevent people from stealing panels, and fill it with your average standard mass-produced panels.
But the problem is that it requires more energy to open its "petals" than it produces
what you claim, is not true ...
Produces 40 % more, that goes into powering the tracking computer and stepper motors, nice
Guyz even I have 3 solar panels (1kw) and they cost less than 1500$ with installation and they produces around 3 to 4 units electricity per day.
From the design, they also can be used as shelters!
I thought it was an umbrella at first!
I thought it was a fancy mushroom at first
Absolutely love this, Now the solar panel's can be retractable and not get destroyed by harsh weather....
Will *YOU* buy one ?
I had the same idea of a foldable, solar panel at least someone’s doing it And it’s not just a concept in my head no more
Why do you have to have all those moving parts? That just increase the chances of a mechanical failure and the complexity increases the cost of repair.
There are already setups that track the sun. People who design Power Ranger gear probably designed this.
Get thunderf00t or Captain disillusion on this
So how much energy does it produce?
It produces some energy
Some is plenty....
It uses 90 percent of what it produces to operate itself.
Trust me, I had this kind of things in my mind for years, I always think of umbrella n sunflower type of solar design do that it can be installed or carried easily with better angling.
Wait??? $30000 for 2kW?? Isn’t it safer to keep those money to pay for electricity than to risk on this toy?
Price is off the roof
I would buy something like that, but isn’t it really expensive
That’s actually really cheap for something like that
Oh. Really?
@Grogg Mayles Umm.. no, the average solar panel system cost around 10K give or take, this contraption costs three times as much, not to mention that it has greatly reduced surface area due to it's smaller size and circular shape. Furthermore, considering all the frequently moving parts, you can bet that this gimmick will break down or require service every few years. So, in actuality, the only thing cheap about this is that it is a cheap money making trick.
Looks like an umbrella from the top
Nature is the best teacher.
I tried to purchase 3 of these for our ranch in Arizona. This company didn't seem interested in business so far from their headquarters. Despite several emails, they never followed through. If they don't have the wherewithall to fill orders how can they possibly expect anyone to have confidence in their products? Look elsewhere.
Doesn't it use a part of energy it collects to move itself?
This is so fascinating!
Garrett Metzger liked
Fascinating but impractical
The only problem I see with this is the Large Low base and not high enough for the Tree or Building lines...
Is there any document that shows the digital designs of it. I really wonder how it was done and designed
Looks very very good !
Looks very expensive !
30k is not something that's designed for the masses, don't overreach. simple.
Ok, so it's a solar tracker, which isn't anything new, it's just an expense that most people don't want,, making it open up seems like a liability because that's another moving part that can fail, and when that fails your flower won't do so well, plus the design minimizes the total available solar power if you do that instead of just a square arrangement of panels that track the Sun. So it self cleans, the solar is on the ground you can spray it with a hose, cleaning is not as big of an issue as people make out unless you live in an extremely filthy environment. I will concede that those who live in heavily snowy areas this could be useful to open and close, however it does snow during the day and I wonder what that extra weight would do to the "pedals", but I guess it could close up for protection. However this is the killer, $25000 for a system that is 2.5kW, plus installation, $10/watt is a extremely expensive for solar, a quick google shows a tracker that can hold up to 4kW of panels for under $10k, 2.5kW of panels, LG, for about $2500, and an invert for $2k, so easily $10k less and this is without any serious looking for deals.
When purchasing with this panel, can you make the frequency of the inverter 1000 Hz (high frequency)? (Home is 220v In Korea)
Great idea, too bad it’s almost $25k.
It should have been equipped with a smart petals heater for snowy places, and also use the wind and its tilting capabilities to blow off light snow, this way it would have been completely winter proof, a first in solar panels. So after a blizzard, the smart petals heater would heat up the device and allow it to deploy even when it is still cold.
Apparently, it folds up in vertical position when there is snow so there is no accumulation.
i dont care about how efficient this solar panel i will pick this than my flat boring panel simply because its beautiful!
Smart flower is a efficient and clean energy resource with a beautiful design ☺👌
But it's three times more expensive than regular solar panels from what I've heard
This is probably one the most remarkable examples I've seen of biomimicry. Amazing work and wishing you much success, hopefully no planned obsolescence in the design or systems!
I have another question will you except my electric bill payment - any on grid electric to supplement none functioning periods and let me pay until it no longer functions if so you have a deal but it'll never pay for it's self
No, they will not.
Its EGO-Friendly. Good advertising outside of bank, etc. Also a status symbol less painful than a tattoo.
I had this idea when i was 11 years old.....' to make a solar panel that looks like sunflowers'.
Just look up DIY light tracker on youtube. The implementation if this project isnt bad but pricing should not be several times over
I paid one tenth for my fixed flat panels than this thing costs, and my panels produce half again more power. But I must admit the flower design is fun to look at.
This concept has been around for a while
the product is great
not the video repitition
i wouldnt even call that editting anymore
Spend 30k to save $10 a month makes no sense
No, because it will pay for itself in 3000 months.
will pay for itself in 250 years!!
any solar tracking set of panels does better, but it comes at a cost of extra hardware that must be maintained. in the long run it is cheaper to just ditch the tracking hardware and install more fixed panels.
Is it possible to create a solar farm with the smartflower vs the static solar panel that most use?
Sure, but it is not cost effective ...
Is it installed any where in india?
Incredible. Fascinating. Totally NOT affordable for the average person. How about if you want to have your great new world, you make things affordable for we normal, paycheck to paycheck families?
The flower aspect seems needlessly overcomplicated for little benefit. Having panels that track the sun is a good idea, but the folding and unfolding adds so many additional things that could break simply for easier cleaning and protection from...what? Hailstorms or sticks blowing in a heavy wind I suppose.
What exactly is the advantage of this over any other solar panel that tracks the sun
Can you trailer mount one and how much would that cost
Why the hell would you even need to close it? Useless gimmick.
The concept would be perfect to be installed on the top of electric car to be used while parked.
you need a wind test. put it in a wind tunnel let see how much it can take.(in safe mode will it last in a hurricane ) and can you make one that works as a windmill if there is no sun?(or even if there is sun sometimes)
Don't you realize that it folds-up in high winds?
Awsome solar pannel design 2021.
They can make wind mill wings with solar cells, 2 in one.
All the powers are used for all of that "smart" things
And as a follow-up anytime you add more moving parts and or complexity just increase the chances to fail.
I bet a slighly smaller square shaped solar panel with some kind of tilt/rotate mechanism is cheaper ,more effective and already exist.
$30,000? Yikes
Where I am (South Africa) that's equals R450,000 (Rands). That's way expensive. We put systems on temple's houses that cost R100,000 to R120,000. So about a quarter.
Granted I'm not sure about the flower's power output. However, to power a single household this is way too expensive.
How long will it last? I think people should start thinking on how to recycle solar panels. I read somewhere that in China there will be a crisis after 20 years for its panels will no longer be usable and hard to recycle.
Am I the only one who looks at this and thinks that it's the new c band sattelite dish of this era? Would be great if it could get that ubiquitous. The price needs to come waaaaaay down for that to happen though.
Which is better? The flat one or this kind flower?
Flat
I had a different idea that involves the origami of satellite solar panel and other systems deployment, with some collapsing tubes that pack the whole system back into its compact space. Although these systems do only work in zero-G, they could be reworked for 1G
they should focus more on how to develop more efficient solar panels than this kind of contraption yes it may be great but the overall energy efficiency is not
How is making a device that needs the energy to make it function any better than a regular solar panel? Unless the device could produce more energy than it powering itself, a normal solar panel does much more and is more efficient even if the device has a higher output than input (I.e. energy).
Why don't people combine Solar Panels and Wind Mills to harness energy ?
movable parts = faster wear and tear
Imagine what happens to that in the midst of strong winds.
TI failed to mention the electricity it can produce
30000$... dude i am in India! Be practical and make it affordable!
I am pretty sure the Chinese will make a drastically lower cost variant sooner than later
But solar panels already do this and the blooming is unnecessary.
Body can be a spinning turbine.. this one should be big higher than a tree 🌳… lot of space can be use fold like umbrellas when it rain or car park under 😅👍