A leading distributed renewable energy company SunEdison has launched a revolutionary solar roof and gazebo collection in the Indian market with the “Arka Collection”. A new set of integrated residential PV systems with exquisite and aesthetic looks help customers “Go solar. In style.” The products developed by Arka Energy, a Silicon Valley based startup. The collection comprises of PowerRoof & PowerGazebo designed to turn roof and open spaces in most homes into an energy generating asset, without compromising aesthetics. PowerGazebo expands the living space available in garden or terrace areas.
The ARKA collection offers an integrated solution with custom components and pretested systems offering the highest quality. It deliver stunning aesthetics with cutting edge glass-on-glass solar tiles built with advanced shingling technology and mounted on custom interlocking brackets for a lifetime weatherproof solution. ARKA solar tiles tested and approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards to the IEC 60215 standard, are capable of withstanding winds of up to 160km/hour.
The Arka PowerRoof installed on a concrete roof facet or a hoisted metal truss, offers a stylish integrated solar roof with a jet-blackglass finish, and will soon be available in other conventional roofing tile colors like terracotta. SunEdison has completed its first customer project in a luxury villa society in Sarjapur Road, Bengaluru and has also delivered PowerGazebo orders in Hyderabad. The system also comes with a 99 percent efficiency inverter and monitoring app – Spotlight, which helps homeowners track energy generation and system performance. Pashupathy Gopalan, CEO at SunEdison, said, “The ARKA collection, developed in Silicon Valley, offers advanced solar technology solutions to Indian consumers.”
