After 7 years of development the company Sunny botanical treesbased in London, presented its the prototype of the “solar tree”. : this device, which is more than 5 meters tall and has a wingspan of 5 meters, is able to generate enough electricity to power a house and store the excess to be able to reuse it.

It can also be used forsolar energy charging stations for electric cars, and SolarBotanic Trees plans to decorate shopping center parking lots with its tree-shaped device.

SolarBotanic Trees: Unprecedented Nanotechnology

According to the British company, this solar tree with a futuristic design is equipped with a photoelectric nanotechnologieswith 3D sheet-shaped cells, the first in the world: these ultra-thin solar cells are able to provide Electric power 5 kW.

SolarBotanic Trees developed its trees thanks to Co-Innovate, a London-based SME support program based on the academic resources of Brunel University London, the Center for Manufacturing Technology in Coventry, as well as the research center University of Sheffield, which was responsible for testing this innovative solar tree prototype.

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SolarBotanic Trees: Artificial Intelligence

In practice, solar energy is produced by photovoltaic cells of solar trees and then stored by a battery system controlled by artificial intelligencewhich will manage the use of this solar energy at the right time.

The British company wants to target the market of fast charging electric cars for individuals, businesses and shopping center car parks. The solar tree can be connected to the local electricity grid and is even capable of supplying it, for example by reselling energy to a local supplier.

SolarBotanic Trees: Launch in 2023

SolarBotanic Trees plans to bring the first generation of its solar tree to market in the near future the beginning of 2023and announces that its price will be available once it goes into mass production, without announcing a price for now.

In fact, negotiations are underway with SolarBotanic Trees partners to provide logistics, installation, technical support and production start-up. By 2025, this solar tree should even take on the appearance of a real tree to perfectly integrate into the environment.

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