What if we could design artificial trees in such a way that they would be able to produce energy from the sun, wind, and thermal radiation? 

Solar Botanic Energy Solutions plans on doing exactly that.  They plan on amazing us with their Solar Botanic Trees, their Nanoleaves, and the way that they make use of light, heat, and wind to produce electricity.  They plan on solving our energy needs with their triple converting Solar trees, shrub, and more.  It is their vision that Solar Botanic will expand throughout the world providing solutions for every culture in every climate.

The Nanoleaf is a natural looking leaf connected to a Petiole twig which uses Nano Piezo-electric elements, and when the wind moves these leaves back and forth energy is generated.  Most of the light is converted into electricity, however, a small portion is reflected by the Nonoleaves, mostly the green light.  Nanoleaves also convert infrared light, or radiation, into electricity because of the photovoltaic and thermovoltaic combination.  Hours after the sun has gone down the Nanoleaves can still produce electricity from radiation.  

Nanopiezovoltaic materials are placed where the leaf connects to the stem, which would be called the Petiole on a living tree.  When more wind moves these Nanoleaves back and forth there is stress in the stem and millions of Pico Watts can be generated by just a thousand leaves. 

Solar Botanic hopes that their trees will be mainstream soon, providing a reliable, clean, and nice looking form of green energy.  Using nano technology together with photovoltaic, thermovoltaic, and piezo electric materials they may just have what we are looking for in an alternative energy source.  

What do you think about Solar Botanic and their alternative energy trees?  Let me know in my alternative energy forum.  

Dave Earley

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