FabricLink Network reports on “Textiles Get Smart” seminar

Delivered the topic, The Future of Solar Fabrics.  ParaSol is a solar technology that allows its polymer-based yarns to collect and distribute light within fabrics, which then converts that light into electricity and creates an energy-producing fabric.

The nature of the technology allows ParaSol to be incorporated into thousands of applications including: clothing, tents, construction materials, window and shading, signage, and automobiles.  The mission of ParaSol Technologies is to partner with existing manufacturers and integrators to create the next generation of energy autonomous products.

“Typical solar installations cover large areas with expensive ($1,000/m2) PV materials.  What if we could concentrate large areas into small areas of expensive PV materials?  By covering the edges of a material instead of the surface, we can reduce the amount of photovoltaic materials needed by several orders of magnitude. 

"ParaSol Fabric will generate 20-50W / m2.  And, the durability and resilience of ParaSol fabrics will continue to operate, even after parts of the fabric are completely destroyed or removed entirely.” explains Kenneth Pauluas.

Well Fargo Economist - Tim Quinlan, keynote speaker - Mike Fralix of TC2 and Kenneth Pauluas of Parasol Technologies delivered compelling data to the future in textiles, economics, innovations, futurist technologies, and emerging supply chain trends. Promising the latest in trends, technologies and fabric developments.

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