ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,084, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Planair SA (La Sagne, Switzerland).
"Photovoltaic facility and method" was invented by Lionel Perret (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Photovoltaic installation comprising a vertical structure, a plurality of photovoltaic elements, every photovoltaic element comprising a cantilever beam carrying photovoltaic panels, the beam being affixed to the vertical structure, characterized in that the beams include blades of reused horizontal axis wind turbines or sections blades of reused horizontal axis wind turbines. The vertical structure is preferably a mast of a horizontal axis ...