FTL Solar
The world’s first portable
solar-powered
pavilions and portable
solar farms...
With FTL Solar’s thin film tensile structures, harnessing the sun’s energy has never been easier. Beautifully engineered and aesthetically striking, FTL Solar’s PowerMods® are quick to install, disassemble, fold up and transport to anywhere on Earth.
FTL Solar’s unique patent-pending products are the first and only pre-fabricated, mass produced photovoltaic (PV) tensile structures in the world. Created by founders, Todd Dalland and Robert Lerner, these innovative structures are an expression of function and form.
The structures integrate thin film PV with super strength fabric to create architecturally refined solar canopies, arrays and enclosures that turn sunlight into electricity. As on-site, “off-the-grid” power plants, they produce electricity that can be used immediately, stored in batteries or sold back to the grid.
Renewable energy to go.
FTL Solar’s PowerMods® provide shelter while powering construction tools, lights, fans, water purifiers, medical equipment, pumps, refrigeration units, and communication centers with radios, cell phones and computers.
The potential of FTL Solar products has caught the eye of governments, businesses, and public and private institutions. They can be used as car parks, battery charging stations, disaster relief shelters, communication command centers, military bases, medical units, temporary housing, research posts and energy pods for small villages.
In remote regions, renewable energy achieved through FTL Solar products can eliminate the need to transport and operate generators, burn kerosene or other fossil fuels – all of which pose health risks to people and damage to their environment.
Beyond the ease of transport, installation and disposal, FTL Solar PowerMods® can outperform conventional crystalline PV panels in certain diffuse light conditions. This combination of amorphous silicon based thin film and tensile structures is suited for unique conditions and applications.
Inquiries: info@ftlsolar.com 1-800-385-7697
May 2008
Brian Keller, a private consultant specializing in Department of Defense (DOD) research, development and acquisition joins FTL's Board of Advisors.
April 2008
Dr. Gay E. Canough, Founder of woman-owned ETM Solar Works, a PV solar and
wind energy system installer in Endicott, NY has joined FTL Solar's
Management Team as VP Electrical Engineering.
Dirk Cos, Former President of Universal Fabric Structures, Quakertown, PA
has joined FTL Solar's Management Team as VP Manufacturing.
March 2008
FTL SOLAR completes Series A Private Placement.
January 2008
FTL SOLAR signs distribution agreement with the largest distributor of solar
products in the United States.
December 2007
Peter Sprague, Founder and Former Chairman of National Semiconductor joins
FTL's Board of Advisors.
November 2007
FTL is awarded $200K NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research Development
Authority) grant for market expansion.
November 2007
Joe Allbaugh, Former Director of FEMA joins FTL's Board of Advisors.
Coordinated the federal government's $8.8 billion response to the recovery
effort after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Center.
April 2007
Bill Holmberg, Former Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Former
Member of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff and a Founding
Member and Director of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
joins FTL's Board of Advisors.
April 2007
Scott Sklar, Former President of the Solar Energy Association and Founding
Member and Director of the American Council of Renewable Energy (ACORE)
joins FTL's Board of Advisors
February 2007
Jack R. Crosby, Venture Capitalist, Cable TV Pioneer, Former Chairman of the
United States National Cable Television Association and the Sundance Institute
joins FTL's Board of Advisors.
Solar power gains strength in world markets.
Fossil fuels have peaked in supply, and the effect of carbon emissions on climate change has taken the spotlight. The toxic effects of burning conventional fossil fuels, such as coal, natural gas, and tar sands, are now accepted as fact. Governments around the world are now intervening and enforcing regulations on CO2 emissions.
Solar, wind, bio-fuel, geothermal, hydraulic power and hydrogen are all emerging as vital energy solutions. Unlike the efforts in the 1970's and the 1980's, today’s environmental concerns are universally seen as a clear and present danger that must be addressed. The renewable energy bull market is the real deal. In the last few years, capital markets have committed billions of dollars to clean energy technology.
Solar energy has tremendous growth potential in the new economy. Once a limiting factor, the supply of silicon essential to PV production is now catching up with demand. Accordingly, the cost of PV has declined more than 60% since 1984 and is continuing to drop. The U.S. is expected to become the source of almost half of all global polysilicon production, which is predicted to reach nearly 10 GW in 2010.
Due to this increase in silicon supply, combined with efficiency improvements, technological advances, cost declines, and favorable policies and incentives, PV installations in the U.S. grew an average rate of 52% annually over the last 5 years.
