Enormous solar panels not your thing? Then peep these flexible solar shingles from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory offer a design friendly alternative. They’ve “developed a film encapsulation process that was initially used for protecting flat panel displays over 15 years ago. However with the recent emphasis on energy generating technologies, they decided to take a second look at the materials and encapsulation process. It turns out that this encapsulation process can be used to protect components that are intended to be exposed to ultraviolet lights and natural elements, making it perfect for waterproofing thin-film solar panels.”
From Inhabitat.
