Onno Meyer wrote:

Normal sails can mount solar cells from TL10 up, and
rigid wingsails can do it from TL7 onwards.


Actually, I think we're on the verge of being able to mount solar cells on normal sails right now. A company in CA essentially *prints* solar cells on thin material. It might not work for woven sails, but probably *would* work for "solid" (like plastic sheeting) sails.

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2007/green/item_59.html

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