Bifacial flexible solar panels

SUNBOOSTER VERTICAL+ flexible bifacial solar strips for double-wire mesh fences: plug-in kit with microinverter, strip set and kit with battery.

Flexible solar panels for your fence: power without a roof or building work

SUNBOOSTER VERTICAL+ flexible solar panels turn a double-wire mesh fence into a small solar plant. Each strip is only 1.8 mm thick and weighs about 1 kg (1.0 kg for 2 m, 1.2 kg for 2.5 m), so it threads between the wires like a privacy strip. The fence stays a fence — it gives privacy and makes electricity.

The strips come in sets of 6 (6 strips per set, height ~1.20 m), one per gap of a fence panel. With 2 m strips (for 2 m fence panels) one set gives 372 Wp (62 Wp per strip); with 2.5 m strips, 474 Wp (79 Wp per strip). The system grows set by set: 1, 2, 4 or as many as the plot has fence panels.

Bifacial: they produce on both sides

The cells are bifacial with 22.8 % efficiency: one side takes direct light, the other the light reflected by the ground, a wall or a pool. Because the fence is vertical, output is not concentrated at midday as on a roof. An east-west fence produces mostly in the morning and the evening, exactly when the house uses most, and in winter the low sun hits the vertical panel almost head-on. That makes VERTICAL+ a good complement to a rooftop system and an alternative when there is no roof available.

Plug & play kit

The kit with inverter includes everything: the strips, the Marstek INVERTER 800 microinverter (or the Growatt NEO 1600M-X2 limited to 800 W in the kit with 4 sets of 6 strips), a 10 m cable with plug, the MC4 extensions and cable ties. The microinverter plugs into a nearby socket and the power is used in the house. No frames, drilling or ballast: the fence is the structure.

Where it fits

• On 6/5/6 and 8/6/8 mm double-wire mesh fences, the usual ones around plots, villas and warehouses.
• With fence panels 2 m or 2.5 m wide: pick the strip length that matches your fence.
• Best with the fence in full sun, facing south, east or west, with no hedges or walls shading it.

It is not a panel for roofs, motorhomes or balcony railings: it is designed to thread into a double-wire mesh fence.

With a battery: panels in one place, battery in another

To keep the energy for the night or have backup during a power cut, combine the fence with the Marstek VENUS-E 3.0 plug-in battery, 5.12 kWh. The battery needs no cable from the fence: it plugs in anywhere in the house and, thanks to the Shelly meter in the consumer unit, charges itself from the solar surplus.

Installation and legalisation by Bilotex

A plug-in kit is a self-consumption system, governed in Spain by Royal Decree 244/2019. Bilotex installs the system on the Costa del Sol and takes care of the legalisation: installation certificate and self-consumption registration. If you prefer to fit it yourself, we ship the kit in 3–5 working days and help you with the paperwork.