A new form of combined solar power generation and storage is being developed for the UK.
The layered film can be bent into shapes or glued on to flat or curved, vertical or horizontal, surfaces - where panels could not be used or fixed on without damaging the integrity of a building. But it was a chance meeting on a train with two former energy company bosses and a chat about growing demand that got her thinking about a way to harness enough solar power to take her house and car off-grid."I must have looked like a right nutter," she says, marking all the leaves so she didn't count them twice.
Their expectation is a 10,000m2 roof will provide approximately 1mw of energy - about enough to power a block of flats.
What could possibly go wrong...
Yeah, but having you been noticing anything going on in France that people in Blighty might expect to be kept informed about?
Want to look for solar inspiration have a look at Flinders and there work with solar.
A new solar power source? What has a new sun been found in a galaxy far far away?
Interesting idea, would be intrigued to see how it performs in the depths of winter.
Fk the BBC.