“Off The Grid” PARASOL EXEL COMPOSITES
Lightweight solar charged Parasol uses 48 polycrystalline PERC cells to provide 220 V for work and leisure purposes. The base houses 2 x 40Ah 12V batteries, charge controller and a power inverter.
Structural components: Carbon fibre laminates, Ultralight cross fiber pull-wound carbon fibre tubing, 0.7mm XENSATION® COVER thin sheet protective glass.
Profiles developed together with Exel Composites, Solar cell engineering: Sunovation PRODUKTION GmbH.
Glass components: Schott Technical Glass Solutions GmbH. Power components: Megasol Energie AG.
Launched in April 2016 at Wallpaper* Handmade in Milan, Italy.
Copyright VILLE KOKKONEN OFFICE FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGN GmbH. Patent pending. Material engineering Mikko Lassila.