Europe has been experiencing extreme heat waves since May, and it doesn't seem like it's slowing down any time soon. WeDoSolar made a move to prevent the world from the impacts of global warming by creating vertical solar power panels.
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This photograph shows details of a solar photovoltaic facility on the site of the former marshalling yard, in Le Mans, northwestern France, on June 29, 2022.
WeDoSolar is a startup company launched in February 2022 and founded by Carolina Attspodina, a Ukrainian-born tech entrepreneur and Qian Qin, a hardware engineer, entrepreneur, and the former managing director of BSH Digital Ventures GmbH.
Focused on EU markets, the solar panels are perfect for non-tech-savvy individuals. They are designed by German engineers and as part of the offer, come insured. The panels only weigh 1 kg each and plug into a standard power socket. It is designed to be mounted onto balconies and comes with weatherproof straps.
Its Microinverter will push the power into the home grid that will let the panels power home appliances ahead of using the normal grid. Moreover, users can track solar energy generation and the amount of carbon dioxide via an app. The app converts the metrics into language that makes it easier for users to understand.
According to TechCrunch, the company claims that solar panels can reduce a household's carbon dioxide footprint by up to 600 kg and electricity bills up to 25 percent per year.
The solar panels is currently the world's lightest balcony solar solution that will not require any expert assistance for installation. Additionally, they can easily be moved around. Therefore, if you buy and you decide to move apartments, you can take the solar panels with you easily.
The company has already gotten a thousand orders for this. Its eight-panel set costs €1,299 EUR or may come as a free rental model for electric vehicle owners in exchange for CO2 certificates. They are bundled and sold to oil companies because oil companies need to buy certificates every year from EV owners, particularly in Germany.
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How the Idea Came About
The idea of these vertical solar panels were brought on by Attspodina and Qan's mission to provide faster ways to reduce carbon dioxide for a clean future.
"Solar energy is both free and readily available. Existing solar panel solutions are either intended for industrial use or are too heavy to install without the assistance of a qualified technical team You also have to wait for the monthly bill to determine the effect," Attspodina said.
Now, these solar panels can be used at home every day to power appliances that will deliver sustainable energy. As a result, people will be able to take their energy dependence into their own hands.
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Written by April Fowell
