SydSol
Turning every building into a power plant
At a glance
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Development stage
Prototype developed
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Investment stage
Seed
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Commercialisation pathway
Spinout - non staff led
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Technology readiness level
TRL 5
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Female led
Yes
SydSol is transforming building facades and windows into power-generating surfaces with ultra-thin solar technology.
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SydSol is developing ultra-thin solar technology that transforms building facades and windows into power-generating surfaces. Unlike many thin-film solar technologies, SydSol uses abundant, highly stable and non-toxic materials to enable lightweight, peel-and-stick and see-through solar products. With a pathway to low-cost, large-scale deployment, SydSol plans to generate revenue through product sales and partnerships with asset owners, facade manufacturers and energy providers.
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Electricity demand is growing rapidly, but new power plants and grid infrastructure are expensive and slow to build. Solar can deploy rapidly near demand, but dense cities lack sufficient rooftop capacity. Over 100 billion m² of facades remain unused for clean power generation.
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Initial target customers are owner-operators of large commercial buildings, starting with universities, hospitals, airports and government asset portfolios seeking lower energy costs and to boost energy resilience.
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- World-record efficiency published in Nature Energy
- Winner: Peter Farrell Cup & MIT Climate & Energy Prize Asia-Pacific
- Qualified pilot pipeline with energy, university and government asset partners
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