Solar Batonic Launches Solar Tree In The Future As EV Charging Station
The SolarBotanic Trees company, based in London, has officially launched its "solar tree" prototype today and is aiming to use it first to power electric vehicle charging stations. Those Energy trees from SolarBotanic produce five kilowatts of power using thin-film solar cells and are considered the "world's first" photovoltaic technology with a 3-D leaf shape.
The energy trees developed by SolarBotanic were developed in cooperation with Co-Innovate, a London-based business support program for small-to-medium enterprises.
The program leverages the academic and innovation resources at Brunel University London, the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry, and the Design and Prototyping Group of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. Lastly, the solar tree type of SolarBotanic will be tested at Sheffield University center.
Solar trees are designed to feed electricity collected from the sun into an AI-driven energy storage system (EMS). In that case, the power will be regulated and released by the EMS. It’s basically a solar and storage system that's shaped like a tree.
In early 2023, SolarBotanic Trees expects to introduce its first-generation solar tree, which is expected to be affordable once it is mass-produced.
Initially, the company aims to serve rapid electric vehicle charging for homes, businesses, and commercial parking lots. They can be connected to form local grids or they can feed into the main grid.
