Hanergy launches solar technology

By Tyrone Jasper C. Piad – February 20, 2019
from The Manila Times

Renewable energy firm Hanergy Philippines advocates innovative, sustainable and eco-friendly design in architecture through its thin-film solar technology.

In an interview recently in Makati, Hanergy Philippines President Leon Ang said the firm’s thin-film solar products provide more use than traditional panels, which are just usually mounted or attached to a building.

“We can laminate it (thin-film solar product) on glass, on different surfaces and it doesn’t have to be flat. It can be curled,” he said, adding that it was made possible by nano-element designing.

Ang said Hanergy had been working on the solar panel alternative “for decades” before coming up with the product that is “ready for practical use.”

“There’s a concept in architecture world that they call BIPV (building-integrated photovoltaic). This concept has been there for a while, but we have never had a product that can adapt to it,” he said, until the thin-film solar product was introduced.

BIPV refers to construction materials that can be put in replacement of roofs and facades, allowing solar power generation.

Their products, he said, come in the form of tiles and glass-like materials for façade. Ang said these materials are strong enough that people could walk on them in case they were placed on the floor.