Solar Sharc® PV coating website now launched

Ground breaking solar PV coating set to reduce industrial O&M costs and address carbon footprint challenges Cambridge, UK 11th January 2018. Opus Materials Technologies Ltd, an industrial coatings specialist, has launched a new website for Solar Sharc® to further drive awareness of this ground-breaking coating, intended to optimise solar energy production. The website tells the story of Solar Sharc®, a unique anti-soiling, easy-clean, durable industrial coating. It details the innovative technology underpinning the project, the consortium of industrial partners and research organisations involved, together with the major funding bodies. The…

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Opus Materials Technologies secures Innovate UK funding to research low-surface energy coating technology for solar PV systems

Durable self-clean coating technology project set to address water wastage and world energy trilemma challenges Cambridge, UK 29th November Opus Materials Technologies Ltd, industrial coating specialists, has secured close to £1million in funding from Innovate UK (under the Energy Catalyst 4 competition project) to validate & test the industrial rollout of a durable, self-clean coating, developed to optimise energy production of solar PV panels. Opus, together with consortium partner Above Surveying Ltd, experts in aerial surveying using thermographic cameras and flight data logging equipment, are measuring and monitoring the impact…

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