Solar panels are an important consideration in making a building more sustainable. A similar option is sunscreen. The operation and yield are comparable to glass solar panels, but the differences between the two products are enormous. There is a lot of interest in this solar foil. You can stick foil on curved surfaces and they weigh much less than solar panels. “You can do different things with solar foil than with solar panels," says business developer of HyET Solar Netherlands BV. "The foil can, for example, be adhered to curved surfaces and/or to surfaces that cannot bear the weight of a glass PV panel. . For example, in consultation with Vopak, they came up with the idea of ​​providing the tops of oil tanks in the Botlek area with solar foil. Its total surface area is huge, so it's wonderful to be able to use it.” “There is a lot of interest in this solar foil,” says Hyet Solar. “Many companies that have been awarded an SDE++ subsidy also approach us. The requests come from different directions. For example, for the Ministry of Defense they are investigating how the foil can be used for mobile applications. There is also a lot of interest from abroad. They will soon be installing solar foil on the roof of a terminal at Dubai Airport. "They can store 20 megawatt peak at the largest terminal." The development phase is far behind them, “and now they are going full steam ahead. It is necessary, however, to 'enlarge' the machines that are currently being used in order to increase production. They go with the foil from a width of 33 centimeters to 130 centimeters. In this way, they are in line with other products that are made on a roll, such as textiles and metals. Machine builders are therefore geared to this. They are working hard to have the new factories in Arnhem and Jakarta operational by the middle of next year. That is the first dot on the horizon, and many more will follow.” Read more: https://www.hyetsolar.com/