L’épaisseur est de 65 microns pour un poids de 300 g au m². Il est intégrable sur des voiles en laminé ou ajustable sur des textiles tissés comme le dacron ou le taffetas.
Trois films PV de 25 W représentent une surface d’un m² soit 75 W de puissance. Le prix du m² de 588€ TTC.
Translation:
It is 65 microns thick and weighs 300 g/m². It can be integrated on laminated sails or adjusted on woven textiles such as dacron or taffeta.
Three 25 W PV films represent a surface area of one m², i.e. 75 W of power. The price per m² is €588 incl. VAT.
A part of this website in English:
Another company (website only in French), using flexible organic photovoltaic membranes and fabrics, with an excerpt just below:
Quelques chiffres :
Empreinte carbone : < 20gCO²/kWh
Cout prévisionnel à 10 ans : 10 €/m²
Rendement à 10 ans (Wc) : 15 à 20%
Poids : 200-500 g/m² selon application
Génération de l’électricité : par les 2 faces
Translation:
Key figures:
Carbon footprint: < 20gCO²/kWh
Estimated cost over 10 years: €10/m².
10-year yield (Wp): 15-20%
Weight: 200-500 g/m² depending on application
Electricity generation: from 2 sides
This can perhaps be a plus for large ASWES, kites or aerostats. For single skin kites, the generation from 2 sides can be specially interesting. A single skin FlygenKite would use electric cable to convey electricity from both wind generators aloft and photovoltaic fabrics.
Initially I conceived and experimented FlygenKite as a crosswind kite device. But it can be used as a static kite device: FlygenKite (video, static use for a few seconds).
Thus the secondary turbine(s) becomes the wind turbine.
This would produce several times less energy than in crosswind flight, but this would be partly compensated by a higher elevation angle and better winds, a more regular production, and less wear and overheating due to excessive rpm.
Thus we would then be much more close to what exists in current wind power. Control would then consist of avoiding collisions as much as possible (which would only concern the kite part) between units which could be very close to each other.
The two lines of FlygenKite were used for a manual control. But a wind turbine mounted through the single line (less drag) in Kiwee way and close to the control pod (with basic functions if only static) could be a possibility.
So go to a static FlygenKite with photovoltaic fabric.