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Marcelo Ceccon
Co-Founder · CEO
Decades of experience in the software and hardware industry and entrepreneurship. Head of research & execution.
SP · DXB/SOFTWARE · 20+ YRS
Passive Solar Cooling - Retrofit Ready
Unlock 5–12%
more power from
every desert
solar panel.
Passive. Retrofit. Install-and-forget.
Born in Dubai for the world's hottest solar farms.
Patent pending/Brazilian utility model granted
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Panel temp
70–80 °C
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After BaridShield
−5 to −12 °C
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Install time
< 5 min / panel
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Power recovered
5–12 %
▲ DEWA · Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park◆UAE Net-Zero 2050◆No electricity◆No water◆No maintenance◆10 strips per panel◆Retrofit in under 5 minutes◆
01The Problem
Desert heat
steals 20–25%
of solar output.
In the UAE and hot climates worldwide, panels hit 70–80 °C. That costs utilities billions in lost generation and shortened lifespan. Existing solutions need water, power, or constant maintenance — none work at scale in real deserts.
25°C · ideal45°C · STC limit80°C · desert reality
FLIR · 14:22 GMT+4
78.4°C
01 · Thermal
70–80 °C panel temperatures
Silicon loses ~0.4% power for every 1 °C above STC. Desert middays cost you a quarter of nameplate.
02 · Financial
Billions in lost generation
MENA utilities forfeit double-digit billions in annual yield. Compounded by premature replacement.
03 · Water
Water-based cooling fails
Spray systems consume scarce desert water, scale the glass, and create a maintenance liability.
04 · Mechanical
Active systems break down
Fans, pumps and controllers introduce points of failure that multiply across hundreds of thousands of modules.
02The Solution
BaridShield.
Simple,
passive, powerful.
Roll-formed aluminum cooling strips bond to the back of any panel in under 5 minutes. No power. No water. No maintenance. Ten strips cover 100% of the panel rear, dropping temperatures 5–12 °C — recovering 5–12% of lost output and extending panel life by years.
Patent pendingBrazil MU granted
REAR · EXPLODED DIAGRAM
FIG. 2.1 — BARIDSHIELD MK-I
i.
100% rear coverage
Ten strips per panel, engineered to span the full backsheet for uniform heat dissipation.
ii.
Natural convection, radiation & reflection
Finned geometry doubles surface area and channels rising air — zero moving parts, zero input energy. Ultra white ceramic coating.
iii.
Aerospace-grade adhesive
Automotive-tested VHB bond — 25-year service life, certified for −20 to +120 °C.
iv.
Extends panel lifespan
Lower operating temperature cuts thermal-cycle fatigue. Panels last years longer. More kWh per $ per panel.
CROSS-SECTION · A–A′
One strip, many fins, forty years of convection.
SCALE 2:1 · mm
03Installation
Install in
three steps.
No tools. No wiring. One technician per panel. Commission a 10 MW farm in days, not weeks. Retrofit existing arrays without taking them offline.
Step00:00 – 01:30
01
Clean
Wipe the panel rear with the supplied IPA cloth. One pass removes desert dust and prepares the surface for bond.
Step01:30 – 03:00
02
Peel
Remove the protective liner from each strip to expose the aerospace-grade VHB adhesive beneath.
Step03:00 – 04:45
03
Press
Align and press each strip into place. Bond is structural within minutes. You are done.
<5 min
per panel
1 tech
no specialist required
0 downtime
retrofit live arrays
25 yr
service life
04Performance
The numbers,
cold and hot.
Lab-validated, field pilot in preparation. Thermal modeling projects consistent gains across ambient temperature, panel temperature and net output.
A · TEMPERATURE DROP
−12°C
Modeled peak ΔT at noon on a reference July day at Al Maktoum solar park, ambient 46 °C.
B · POWER RECOVERED
+9.4%
Mean output gain from 12-month thermal-model simulation vs. control row.
C · EXTRA LIFETIME
+6yr
Projected extension to useful panel life from reduced thermal-cycle fatigue.
MODEL · AL QUDRA · JULY REFERENCE DAY
Panel temperature — one summer day
Control panelBaridShield
MODELED POWER · SAME DAY · WATTS
THERMAL MODEL · BEFORE / AFTER
Control
78°C
BaridShield
66°C
30°50°80°
05The Market
Built for
the world's
hottest farms.
Starting in the UAE — home to Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park, the world's largest single-site solar installation — then expanding across MENA, India, Australia, and the US Southwest.
EXTREME-HEAT SOLAR BELT · > 40 °C AMBIENT SUMMER AVG.
TAM · 1.2 TW INSTALLED BY 2030
ANCHOR PARTNER
DEWA
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority
In active engagement with DEWA for pilot deployment at Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park — on track to become the world's largest single-site solar park at 5 GW by 2030.
5 GW
target by 2030
77 km²
total area
2050
UAE net-zero goal
TAM · 2030
$180B
Addressable solar-cooling market across hot-climate installations worldwide.
MENA ACCELERATOR
Dubai Future Accelerators cohort — supported by the UAE's climate-tech ecosystem.
06Leadership
Founders with
skin in the sun.
Three decades of combined experience across energy, software and operations. Based in Dubai, building for the world's most demanding climates.
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Saaly Temirkanov
Co-Founder · CFO
Serial entrepreneur with deep finance, operations, and institutional partnership experience across MENA. Drives investor relations and regional strategy.
DXB/FINANCE · MENA
LinkedIn →Born
in the desert
Engineered on the ground in Dubai — not a lab curiosity.
Patient
and precise
Thousands of hours of thermal measurement before a single panel shipped.
Passive
by principle
The best active system is one that does not need to be active.
Proven
in the field
Field data beats every deck — and we have both.
07Investors
A category
of one.
We're raising to scale manufacturing, accelerate DEWA deployment, and lock in international patents across MENA, India and the Americas.
STAGE
Seed
TARGET
Contact for details
USE OF FUNDS
UAE factory, pilots, IP, commercial team
HORIZON
36 mo.
Why now
Global solar capacity is accelerating into the hottest climates on Earth. Every panel installed after 2025 faces the thermal penalty — there is no alternative at this cost and simplicity.
Why us
Granted utility model in Brazil, patent pending internationally, native relationships with DEWA and MENA utilities. A simple, manufacturable product — no moonshot required.
Why this
A single retrofit unit unlocks ~10 kWh additional per panel per year, at a cost of under $8 per panel. Unit economics work before incentives.
As featured / in talks with
DEWA
DFA
IRENA
MASDAR
WFES
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08Contact
Let's cool
the world's solar.
Pilots, partnerships, investment. We read every message. Expect a reply from Marcelo or Saaly within 48 hours.