| Flexible Solar Panels are products of thin film | | | | phones and walkie talkies and Ipods. They can then be |
| technology. These newly engineered solar products | | | | easily rolled up to put inside your car, boat or |
| are available in the market today through the internet. | | | | backpack. |
| Thin film solar cells and panels have allowed many | | | | 2. Power Laptops and Radios: Many of these panels |
| types of products and applications to be introduced to | | | | allow you to plug them into a Battery with your power |
| the consumer through solar backpacks, athletic apparel | | | | cord just like you would into the wall of your home. |
| and clothing. | | | | This allows for powering everything from power tools, |
| Scientists and outdoor enthusiasts are developing | | | | laptops, radios and even small televisions. |
| ways of utilizing and improving this technology for all of | | | | 3. Recharge Batteries: Flexible solar panels can be |
| us. These solar cells are powered by the sun using | | | | used in a many circumstances, such as to recharge |
| photovoltaic. The flexible solar panel is a perfect low | | | | the battery on your boat. Flexible solar panels are now |
| wattage and environmentally friendly space saving | | | | being engineered to fit inside backpacks and jackets. |
| solution. | | | | For the adventurer, the thin-film technology allows you |
| These flexible solar panels will charge up the battery | | | | to document your travels more efficiently then ever |
| you need to run your basic necessities. You can roll | | | | before. You will not need to carry many heavy |
| them up to move and store them in a convenient way. | | | | batteries. |
| These are great solutions for camping or marine | | | | 4. Power Equipment Anywhere: These rolled panels |
| excursions where you do not have the space for a | | | | are solid and can be depended on for durability. They |
| traditional solar panel. They come in a variety of sizes | | | | are not made from glass, so they will not break. You |
| and offer multiple wattage power. They are lightweight | | | | can use them almost anywhere because they are |
| at less than 2 pounds each. Here is a list of the many | | | | temperature and weather tolerant. Many flexible solar |
| uses of flexible solar panels. | | | | panels or rolled up and can be carried and used almost |
| 1. Power for Cell Phones, Walkie Talkies and Ipods: Until | | | | anywhere. They can even be used in the middle of the |
| just recently, solar panels had many limitations. They | | | | ocean. Extreme kayakers used thin-film technology to |
| were huge and bulky. Because of the public and | | | | document their journeys. For the average person, this |
| government awareness to find better sources of | | | | thin-film technology can be used in the same way. If |
| energy for all of us, better designs have been made to | | | | we are camping or heading out to the lake, we can roll |
| offer smaller solar panels that were easy to carry | | | | the flexible solar panels out on the ground or the roof |
| around. These flexible solar panels can lay flat on the | | | | of our boat or car and power our gear. |
| ground or the roof of your vehicle to power cell | | | | |