Solar MEMS wins the ACNES Open Innovation award 2022 for Soltec

We love challenges at Solar MEMS, and this time we decided to tackle the proposal by Soltec, which we were able to win thanks to the work of our team. The challenge was to propose the development of a believable low cost irradiance sensor that could be integrated into a solar network. Our idea was to make one that could easily be coupled into a system of this nature, using our ISS technology, and which would cost less than €30 to manufacture.

Solar MEMS has a lot of experience in sun sensors and also in bespoke engineering solutions, so this innovation challenge was, to an extent, similar to what we often do for our clients: analyse their projects and requirements, then create effective solutions that can meet these requirements.

To do this we define 2 main stages; one in which we look for an idea that combines the technical requirements for the sensor  and another for lowering the costs so that the manufacture of the device does not cost more than €30.