We all know that solar is a practical, smart investment project. It’s good for the environment, frees people to control their own electricity production and is one of the fastest-growing industries. But one of the complaints is that solar panels are ugly. We beg to differ — and apparently, so do artists around the world.

  We take you through a trip into a gallery of dazzling solar-powered sculptures and hope that our amazing finds will give you a taste of what happens when artists turn to the sun to power their creative works.

Belgium-based artist Alexandre Dang’s ‘Dancing Solar Flowers’

  The dancing flowers have brightened many of the halls of power in Europe, bringing color and playfulness to the European Parliament buildings in Brussels, Luxembourg, and Strasbourg, among numerous other exhibitions around the world.

  Up to 10,000 multi-coloured “flowers” in each installation....

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