Solar PV flooring for residential, commercial use

[Caribbeans]

Solar PV flooring for residential, commercial use

PV Magazine | Valerie Thompson | AUGUST 19, 2024

Ankara Solar Energy, a Turkish module manufacturer, has launched PV Floor, a line of solar panel products that double as anti-slip glass flooring. It is targeted at residential projects and commercial applications, such as shopping centers, driveways, parking areas, terraces, decks, and pedestrian zones.

The PV Floor brand was launched in Turkey and Greece in 2022, with European and USA markets now following.

“The return on investment (ROI) for a 1 kW system in Spain or Greece is typically 4 to 5 years,” an Ankara Solar spokesperson told pv magazine. “To complete the PV floor system, adjustable pedestals are required, and we provide these along with the products. There is no need for a steel or aluminum structure.”

The PV Floor pedestal components are polypropylene with a central load strength of 1000 kg, with support pedestals with settings that range from 50 mm to 260 mm. Their base diameter is 200 mm with a peak diameter of 120 mm...more
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/08/19/solar-pv-flooring-for-decks-driveways/

[Shermann]

1. Seems like they'd get scuffed up pretty quickly and require frequent cleaning. nt

[NNadir]

2. One hears these sort of things as often as one hears about the hydrogen nirvana that's been breaking out for...

...the last 50 years.

Neither has had any effect on extreme global heating:

The numbers are here: 2023 World Energy Outlook published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), Table A.1a on Page 264.



Another reality of no interest in "solar will save us" land:

Week beginning on August 18, 2024: 422.83 ppm
Weekly value from 1 year ago: 419.25 ppm
Weekly value from 10 years ago: 396.92 ppm
Last updated: August 27, 2024

Weekly average CO2 at Mauna Loa

These exercises in bourgeois wishful thinking aren't worth the dangerous natural gas used to power the servers promoting them.

[caraher]

3. Solar roads 2.0

Sure, you can slap PV onto any surface you like. But doing it on high wear surfaces make little sense.