These Solar Panels Bloom Like A Beautiful Flower To Collect Energy

Say what you want, there's undeniable sense to generating power without having to buy fuel and load it into your generator. If the fuel is just floating around outside, why not gather it up and use it? Nevertheless, solar and wind energy have their stubborn opponents. But designers have been gradually whittling away at some of their complaints to make solar and wind more attractive. And this solar panel system addresses a few concerns – as well as being nice to look at.

You've seen plenty of solar panels glinting in the sun, but you probably haven't seen many like the "smartflower POP."

Taking cues from Mother Nature, Austrian designers decided to make a solar panel that looks like the original solar panels: flowers. Just like a plant, the smartflower unfurls its petals and follows the sun across the sky to gather as much energy as possible.

Even when the sun goes behind a cloud, the smartflower will position itself at a 90-degree angle to the sun.

It can generate up to 4,000 kWh per year and, when it's fully extended, is 16 feet tall. 

At night, or when the wind kicks up too much, the smartflower will quietly fold up and tuck itself away.

Best of all, it's not a permanent installation, so if you ever move, you can take your solar panel installation with you.

Learn more about the smartflower in the video below!

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