Faking It
Harvesting electricity from fake trees?
That’s the idea behind a British start-up company, Solar Botanic Ltd, which plans on building forests of artificial trees that can soak up sunshine and generate clean power.
This novel approach to generating electricity is the brainchild of company founder Alex van der Beek, who wants to create a form of electricity production that doesn’t appear to alter the natural landscape. His solution – the creation of nanoleaves, artificial leaves that would utilize photovoltaic, thermoelectrics and piezoelectric …
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