Best flexible solar panels on the market?

[CaptainRivet]

Originally Posted by Mongo_at_sea

Re sunpower flexible panels: Sunpower do not recommend connecting in parallel if shading will occur. no problem with series installation, per latest manual. I have had 2 panels in series for 5 years with no problems, connected to a victron mppt controller.

Sunpower doesn’t recommend serial connection if shading can occur...
You mixing parallel with series connection

[CaptainRivet]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Flexible solar cells are on the rise
We are one step closer to being able to print rolls of lightweight solar cells, after researchers hit a new efficiency record, for cells printed on a long, continuous roll of plastic.[1]
Flexible solar cells are less efficient and durable than traditional rigid silicon panels, but they are lighter, more flexible, and more portable.
They rely on cheap, abundant photovoltaic materials, called perovskites. “They’re remarkable, because they can be formulated into inks, and used in industrial printers,” says [2] materials scientist, and co-author, Doojin Vak.
[2] More about ➥ https://www.theguardian.com/australi...ed-solar-cells

[1] “The first demonstration of entirely roll-to-roll fabricated perovskite solar cell modules under ambient room conditions” ~ by Hasitha C. Weerasinghe, et al
➥ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46016-1

Will take another 10 years till they have the efficiency needed you can use them on recreational vessels....works on huge fassades or roofs where space is not an issue