Hungarian solar cell pavement for export
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As we previously reported, a Hungarian enterprise has started to produce solar collecting pavement blocks from recycled plastic. As of now, even the international press caught attention. Forbes.hu states that the invention made it to the list of New Europe 100, that ranks the most promising startups.
The beginning
Imre SziszĆ”k and JĆ³zsef Cseh, founders of the enterprise, attended the University of Debrecen. They are both engineers, Imi is a mechanic while JĆ³zsi is a chemical- and electrical engineer. MiklĆ³s IllyĆ©s, a friend of theirs, is a landscape architect and it was his idea that brought the two boys back to the world of business after they have finished their studies. He found it annoying that every public place got covered with the same ugly and boring concrete paving-blocks. Instead,
MiklĆ³s was dreaming about recycled materials producing energy.
He asked Imi and JĆ³zsi whether the idea was realistic and the answer was yes. This is how Platio was founded.
Platio-panels
The easiest way to picture the Platio-panels is to think about LEGO pieces. However, they are 34 centimetres wide squares that weigh 8,5 kilos. The recycled plastic base has little modules with which the pieces can be connected. Momentarily, 90 percent of the base is made from recycled material, but the guys aim to improve it to a hundred percent.
āThe recycled materials are not just a marketing catch, with them we can also keep the prices low.ā ā as they said.
