"Solar Cloth" to help car parks and retailers mop up sun's energy

Jessica Shankleman
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Cambridge start up claims it is closing deals to install lightweight solar converters across 27,000 car park spaces

A Cambridge start-up that has developed an innovative "solar cloth" designed to generate solar power at sites that are unsuitable for conventional solar panels is to start trialling its technology with...

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