You can be surprised by learning that The first laptop with built -in solar panels Almost 15 years. But for me a great shock is that with all recent achievements in photovoltaic cells, manufacturers did not often revise this idea. But in the MWC 2025 Lenovo changes this using its concept of yoga of a solar PC.
Weight 2.6 pounds and measuring the thickness of less than 0.6 inches, the concept of yoga of the solar PC essentially is essentially, as well as the standard 14-inch line. And since its basic design is not so different from the standard Lenovo yoga family, it also does not save on specifications. It is equipped with OLED display, up to 32 GB of RAM, a decent battery of 50.2 WHR and even a 2-megapixel web frame for use with Windows Hello.
Nevertheless, all these components are not as important as solar elements built into its lid. Lenovo says the panels use the technology of contact contacts contact cells so that its mounting brackets and nets can be placed on the back of the cells. This allows panels to offer up to 24 percent of solar energy conversion, which is quite good, as this corresponds to the efficiency that you get from many high -quality home solar systems. In addition, the PC also supports dynamic solar tracking to automatically regulate cell settings to maximize the amount of energy that they can collect.
Lenovo says that this means that Solar PC yoga can generate enough juice to play an hour of video only after 20 minutes in the sun. But what could be more impressive is that even when the laptop is in the room, he can still remove the power of only 0.3 watts of light to help surpass his battery. Finally, to help you understand what power he is going, Lenovo created an application to order to track how much light the panels are absorbed.
Unfortunately, Lenovo has no plans to turn this concept into a full commercial device. But after I played with him, I was pleasantly surprised to see how solidly and firmly his chassis was felt. Unlike many prototypical devices, the concept of Yoga Solar PC does not feel so much technologically compared to other laptops on sale today. Its photoelectric cells are safely sitting behind a sheet of glass (or possibly plastic, Lenovo will not confirm which), as well as adding a slightly distinguishing visual talent.
Nevertheless, the biggest obstacle (and, perhaps, the main reason why we have not seen any more laptops) is that for people who want to use solar panels to charge their devices, probably easier and universally rely on an autonomous solar battery instead of something built-in for the gadget itself. Despite this, the sunny PC Lenovo is an amazingly polished concept that I would like to attract more attention in the future.