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Solar Lily Pads

Water-lilies do it, so why shouldn’t we? In a beautiful example of biomimicry, Scottish architects have designed a series of lily pad-like photovoltaic cells that can float in Glasgow’s River Clyde like a string of giant Victoria amazonica leaves, soaking up solar energy and sending electricity to the city’s grid.

Tags: biomimicry, janet marinelli, lily pad, photovoltaics, plants, solar collector

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