StartupRealities

StartupRealities No 53 TombSolar is a renewable energy producer that installs solar panels at cemeteries; while its sister company SolarTomb is a cemetery operator that sells burial plots covered by solar panels. TombSolar installs panels at cemeteries owned or operated by other companies, while SolarTomb owns and runs both the cemeteries and the solar installations. SolarTomb has a premium division that builds tombs and tombstones with a photovoltaic (PV) film cladding, so that individual graves can generate solar electricity even without a solar panel cover. CEO QUOTE "Turning the ashes of your grandparents into a diamond is meaningful but is already kind of old-fashioned. Why not have your grandparents generate energy instead? Even if grandma and grandpa weren't militant environmentalists, they probably wouldn't mind helping out to slow down global warming. Who would mind having a solar panel installed on their grave, for the sake of climate change?" - the fou...

StartupRealities No 4 DamSkite Limited is a solar panel producer which has developed printable water-floating perovskite-based solar panels for installation on the surface of freshwater reservoirs. This technology is particularly useful for application at reservoirs in tropical desert areas, e.g. Lake Nasser in Egypt / Sudan. Installing perovskite panels on the surface of Lake Nasser reduces evaporation while also generating electricity. DamSkite panels can be installed on the surface of any oasis lake or marsh to minimise water loss through evaporation. SeaSkite Limited is a sister company of DamSkite specialising in installing solar panels on the sea surface. This is particularly useful in aquaculture as fish farms (e.g. salmon farms) need to provide shade for fish and breed them in almost complete darkness to minimise aggression among fish. --- Background information: Advanced companies developing perovskite solar cells include: 1. Saule Technologies (printable perovskites)...