High Performance Thin Film Solar in a Lightweight and Flexible Form Factor

The FLEX Series product is the ideal solar solution for metal and low-slope commercial roofs. These panels are lightweight and can be directly bonded to both metal and membrane system roofs — eliminating the need for solar racking, reducing weight load and significantly lowering project costs. For metal roofs, the FLEX series PV modules can be installed over a wide range of standard architectural metal roof panels, including flat and striated panel pans ranging from 16 to 36 inches wide. As an example, the FLEX Series modules can be directly applied to square rib corrugated panels to create solar parking canopies.

For today’s advanced membrane roof systems, the FLEX modules bond directly onto the membrane, eliminating the need for solar racking, concrete ballasts, and roof penetrations. Integration of the low profile, thin film modules onto the membrane roof surface protects against seismic movement and high winds. The MiaSolé FLEX modules simplify project logistics and reduce labor costs and installation times. The final installed solar solution is lightweight, making it ideal for low weight bearing building structures.

Features and Benefits:

• Factory Applied Self-Adhesive – Simple Peel-and-Stick Application
• Efficiency Rating +17.5%
• Lightweight
• High Wind Zone Performance
• Low Labor and Balance of System (BOS) Costs
• Optional: Factory Laminated on Metal Panel for Rapid Installation
• Optional: Field Applied Modules — On-site Roll Forming — Retrofit
• Direct Bonding on Membrane Roofs from Some Roof Manufacturers
• Optional: Secondary Membrane Panel Option for Older Membrane Roofs

High Performance Thin Film Solar for Residential Rooftops

The MiaSolé Flex Series solar modules are designed for building integrated solar applications over a wide range of residential standing seam metal roof panels. MiaSolé’s FLEX N series panels can be applied onsite and are available factory laminated onto  metal roof panels by Miasole’s metal roof manufacturer partners to reduce onsite labor cost. Unlike conventional glass modules and rack systems that cover the metal roof, the FLEX N series modules bond directly onto the metal roof panel and blend in with architectural standing seam panels preserving the visual look and design of the architectural metal roof panels.

Without heavy and expensive solar racking, roof penetrations are eliminated and the reduction in weight load significantly lowers project costs and stress on the roof and home. In addition, since the roof and the solar system are now one BIPV (Building-integrated Photovoltaic) product, project logistics are greatly simplified, and installation labor costs and time are reduced.

Integration of the low profile, BIPV roof modules onto a residential roof surface protects against seismic movement and high winds. The final installed solar solution is lightweight, maintains normal roof warranty, and is ideal for low weight bearing building structures.

Features and Benefits:

• Factory Applied Self-Adhesive – Simple Peel & Stick Application
• Efficiency Rating +17.5%
• Lightweight – 0.7 lb/ft2
• High Wind Zone Performance
• Low Labor and Balance of System (BOS) Costs

Solution Brochures

• MiaSolé Brochure: Products and Solutions
• Brochure: Metal Roofing Systems – English
• Folleto para Techos de Metal – Español

MiaSolé Thin-film Solar Cell Ideal for a Variety of Non-roof Applications

The MiaSolé solar cell is the most powerful thin-film product on the market today. Its flexible, lightweight design makes it ideal for a wide variety of non-roof applications. Following are a few examples:

Landfill Covers

Landfills are located on large, open areas with no commercial or agriculture use or value—perfect for solar installations. Closing and sealing landfills with a synthetic TPO membrane cover reduces costs compared to conventional standard subtitle D methods, and flexible solar modules then can be bonded directly to the membrane cover, providing power generation capability.

Landfill membrane covers and flexible modules are a perfect combination for sloped landfill sites where conventional solar arrays cannot be installed due to slope and live-load limitations. Landfills provide large power-generation area and fewer shading issues when compared to rooftop solar, and adding solar modules to landfill covers is an excellent complement to landfill gas technology to increase overall energy output.

MiaSolé FLEX modules provide the following benefits when used on landfill covers:

• Easy to install—simply peel-and-stick module onto the membrane used to contain, cover and close the landfill
• Non-penetration installation protects the environment
• Flexible—conforms to the contours of the landfill and accommodates differential settlement
• Resistant to theft and vandalism
• Wind- and seismic-resistant
• Shatter-proof—won’t break if struck by debris

MiaSolé Brochure: Products and Solutions
FLEX-03W Flexible Solar Modules for Landfill Covers – English
Brochure: Lightweight Solar Modules for Landfill Covers – Japanese

Reservoir Covers

Installing solar modules on reservoir covers allows reservoir owners and municipalities to generate power using the water surface area without consuming valuable land area for a solar array. Due to reduced evaporation, a 3-acre storage pond covered with a solar reservoir cover could save over four million gallons of water each year. In addition, solar reservoir covers ensure less water contamination and algae growth, minimizing water treatment costs.

Solar reservoir covers offer a large power-generation area and less shading issues when compared to rooftop solar. The cooling effect of the water also improves solar module performance. And for reservoir-based hydro power plants, solar power provides an ideal supplement to hydro-based power generation.

MiaSolé FLEX modules provide the following benefits when used on reservoir covers:

• Lightweight: less than 2.9 kg/m²—Ideal for floating structures
• Easy to install—simply peel-and-stick onto reservoir membrane
• Resistant to wind
• Shatter-proof—won’t break if struck by debris

MiaSolé Brochure: Products and Solutions
Brochure: Lightweight Solar Modules for Reservoir Covers – English
Brochure: Lightweight Solar Modules for Reservoir Covers – Japanese

LED Lighting

MiaSolé FLEX panels are the most efficient thin-film lightweight flexible panels on the market today—with an efficiency rating of 16%–generating the most power possible. For lighting applications, this means that the power generated by a MiaSolé panel is sufficient to power an LED streetlight for up to eight days, meaning even in times of inclement weather the light will be powered.

The MiaSolé Flex panels curve around the light pole structure, eliminating the need for a separate rack. Not only does this reduce the chance of vandalism and theft, but it preserves the aesthetic appeal of the light. In addition, the manner in which the FLEX panels lay on top of the cylindrical shape of the pole increases wind resistance. A traditional solar light with rectangular panel can only withstand 70 to 90 mph winds while a light powered by a MiaSolé flexible panel can withstand 150+ mph.

Because solar-powered lighting is self-contained, it is off-grid and can be used in remote installations and is unaffected by power outages.

MiaSolé Brochure: Products and Solutions

Hantile Solar Roof Tile

Hanergy Hantiles are created by encapsulating MiaSolé thin, flexible thin-film solar cells into ultra-clear float glass. As a building material, Hantile conserves heat more effectively and offers better thermal insulation than standard roof tiles. The glass Hantile products are waterproof and can generate electricity at temperatures ranging from -40C to 85 C. The product line has been certified by the Chinese and European authorities, with US certification expected in the coming year.

Hantiles have an efficiency rate of 16.5%.

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Hanergy Solar Car

The Hanergy Solar series of vehicles include the Hanergy Solar R, Hanergy Solar O, Hanergy Solar L and Hanergy Solar A, targeted at different groups of users.

Integrated with flexible and highly efficient thin-film solar cells and modules, the full solar power vehicles with zero emissions use solar energy as its main source of driving force through a series of precise control and managing systems, including a photoelectric conversion system, an energy storage system and an intelligent control system.

As Hanergy’s full solar power vehicles acquire power directly from the sun, they do not depend on charging posts and thus have no need to bother with “distance per charge” anymore, making “zero charging” possible during medium and short distance journeys.

The solar cars use Hanergy’s gallium arsenide (GaAs) dual-junction solar cell, with a conversion rate of 31.6%. This cell was awarded with aWorld Record Certificateby the World Record Association.

The vehicles feature light weight and maximization of the area covered by thin-film solar cells. Their user-friendly designs enable users to select and manage different travelling and weather modes in a real-time, mobile, networked and smart way. Users can select charging modes in accordance with varied weather conditions through Apps on their mobiles. Moreover, the vehicles are equipped with ultrasonic cleaning technology for maintenance of the solar cells.