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The Arc, which has secured more than 500 pre-orders from Britain alone, goes into production from July.
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While the rest of the world is content with flat, rectangular solar panels made up of photovoltaic cells, Ms Jo Parker-Swift, chief executive of British energy start-up Solivus, envisioned a sculptural, ground-mounted solar generator called The Solivus Arc.
She wanted a secure green energy supply for her home, but did not want clunky solar panels on her roof. The initial idea was a "solar tree" and, over time, it was refined to the Arc.
