What if your next solar energy solution was a gorgeous flower that tracks the sun instead of large rooftop panels? A cutting-edge solar energy device called the SmartFlower is altering public ...

Due to its efficient solar power utilisation, the Smartflower system generates 6500 kWh of free power each year. This contemporary technology’s fusion of effective operation and attractive design ...

In full boom of solar panels, appears on the market a photovoltaic flower that you can have in your garden. It produces up to 6,200 kWh. We are still talking about the furor caused by the wind turbine ...

Solar technologists are continually striving to make solar panels more efficient in their energy-garnering powers. Smartflower is a technology that has managed to do just that with solar panels that ...

This article was originally published in September 2012 on the Energy Realities blog. Solar power stations take up a lot of room. They need either vast arrays of photovoltaic panels, which convert ...

In a world filled with countless rectangular solar panels, Smartflower is a rare, novel solar product. Part energy system and part industrial art installation, it's essentially a huge flower ...

Whatever engineering problem you’re facing, no matter how high-tech, it’s quite possible that evolution solved it millions of years ago. That’s the foundational idea of biomimicry, the design ...

MORRIS — A new solar energy array at White Flower Farm produces 80 percent of the nursery’s electricity for its greenhouses, offices and outbuildings. On a sunny day, the photovoltaic panels can ...

OK, it’s probably not safe to permanently mount the Lotus Mobile on your vehicle, for the same reason it’s not really a good idea to drive around wearing a gigantic floppy-brimmed hat: Grist thanks ...

The objective of this little post is to probe electronics hidden inside a cheap solar dancing flower toy. The solar dancing flower toy here does not need batteries, thanks to its small solar panel. It ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A new study by Oregon State University researchers found that shade provided by solar panels increased the abundance of flowers under the panels and delayed the timing of ...