Specialty Fabrics Review
December 21, 2009

INTEGRATED SOLAR MODULES ADD POWER FOR TENSILE STRUCTURES

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) invested $250,000 in product development for flexible tensile structures with integrated solar modules for a wide range of applications. FTL Solar, Austin, Texas, mass-produces pre-fabricated photovoltaic (PV) tensile structures that turn sunlight into electricity. NYSERDA president Francis J. Murray says the investment will "attract clean energy efficiency manufacturing jobs to our state."

About FTL Solar:

FTL Solar's unique patent-pending products are the first and only pre-fabricated, mass produced photovoltaic (PV) tensile structures in the world. FTL Solar's structures are innovative and in this new "Green" age, are an expression of practical function and form. FTL Solar structures integrate thin film PV with super strength fabric to create architecturally refined solar canopies, arrays and enclosures that turn sunlight into electricity. Additional information for FTL Solar can be found at www.ftlsolar.com.

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