Solar Container

Mobile solar and wind power unit for GoldenSUN Slovakia

Structural and conceptual design of a self-contained energy container for remote areas, especially deserts with plenty of sun and no grid. We developed it from the brief of GoldenSUN Slovakia, a company developing renewable energy technologies.

The entire equipment – solar panels, wind turbines and distribution with sockets and a fuse box – is packed into a single shipping container. On site it is unfolded and immediately produces electricity that can be used directly, for example by a remote settlement.

We worked out how to fit everything into one container for transport and produced visualisations of the packed and unfolded states, including the unfolding sequence. Designed in 2011, built in 2012.