Arena, by Solum, is a solar floor you walk on like any other. We are Solum's official exclusive partner in Portugal.
Animation: people walking across a terrace paved with Arena solar floor.
On a terrace, every square metre already has a job. Arena doesn't take any of them away.
A real terrace
On a building in northern Spain, the rooftop started producing energy without ceasing to be a terrace: 83 m² of Arena, 15 kWp of capacity, and the space stays open to the people who use it.3
According to Solum, around 10 m² of Arena is enough to power an average home.1
Diagram of a terrace with 84 Arena tiles, all producing.
Straight answer
It produces 10 % to 20 % less than conventional panels on the same terrace. That's the price of a floor you can keep using.3
How it is built
It sits on the same adjustable pedestals, goes down the same way, and fits alongside other raised-floor systems on the market.1
Clean and level the existing surface.
Place the tiles on the adjustable pedestals.
Link the tiles with MC4 connectors and wire them to the inverter.
Check production. Usually all on the same day.2
A safe surface in the rain, to the European standard.1
Resists impact and abrasion: pedestrians, bicycles and light vehicles.
Expected service life.
Water, mild detergent or a pressure washer.
A damaged tile is swapped on its own, without lifting the rest.
With local suppliers.
Where it goes
01Terraces and rooftops
For developers, condominiums and office buildings: the rooftop produces energy and stays a terrace, a viewpoint or a shared space. It also helps with sustainability certifications such as BREEAM, LEED or WELL.3
02Parking
In 2022, Struyk Verwo (CRH group) in Amsterdam tested Arena X where it suffers most: in a parking space, with cars on top. Production came close to conventional panels simulated for the same site.5
Helios-G parks and charges e-bikes and e-scooters from an ordinary socket. With outdoor space, it can have its own solar floor.1
Outside, they lean on lampposts. Indoors, they charge from makeshift sockets.
How it works
Helios-G plugs into an ordinary low-voltage socket. Each bay charges the vehicle and keeps it locked until its owner comes back.1
Any low-voltage socket powers the station.
It comes with the protections and electrical equipment it needs.
Each bay charges and locks the vehicle.
Stays locked and leaves charged.
With outdoor space, Helios adds an Arena X floor, the same floor this page opened with. The station no longer needs the grid.1
Daylight falls on the floor.
The floor in front of the station produces the energy.
Store it inside the station.
Charges the bays without the grid.
Modular
Start with one module and go up to four. Each module takes 4 scooters or 3 bikes.1
Diagram of a Helios station growing from one to four modules: up to 16 scooters or 12 bikes.
App and miSolum
Where it already works
At universities, shopping centres and in towns and cities. Solum's stations and figures.1
Charging sessions a month at four municipal stations, by location.6
In Portugal
For local authorities, universities and schools, shopping centres, businesses and residential buildings.
Ask for a station studyThe partnership
Enbiente is Solum's official exclusive partner in Portugal. From surveying the space to maintenance, there is an Enbiente team on the other end.
Available area, orientation, shading, consumption and intended use.
Sizing and registration of the self-consumption installation.
Raised floor and electrical work, in one go.
Storage, vehicle charging and energy management in the same system.
Production and maintenance across the installation's life.
A walkable photovoltaic floor, developed by Solum, that works as a raised floor on terraces, rooftops and other outdoor spaces. Each tile holds monocrystalline silicon cells and produces electricity while the space stays in use.
A little less. In the data Solum published for an 83 m² terrace, Arena produced between 10 % and 20 % less than conventional panels in the same conditions, depending on the month and how the space was used. The advantage is producing without taking up the space: where panels do not fit, Arena is still a floor.
Yes. Arena is anti-slip and handles pedestrians, bicycles and light vehicles. The Arena X version has been installed in a parking space in Amsterdam since 2022, with cars on top.
According to Solum, a typical installation takes a day, with no building works: the tiles sit on adjustable pedestals like a raised floor and connect with MC4 connectors. The exact timing depends on the area and the state of the surface, and we give it in the survey.
Solum states a service life of more than 20 years. The manufacturer's product and performance warranty terms are set out in the proposal we prepare for your project.
Arena does not change the building's structure. In Portugal, a self-consumption installation may need registration or prior notice depending on its capacity. We handle that process.
It is Solum's station to park and charge e-bikes and e-scooters. The Helios-G version plugs into any low-voltage socket. With outdoor space, Helios adds an Arena X floor and batteries, and does without the grid. Each station runs from one to four modules, and each module takes 4 scooters or 3 bikes: up to 16 scooters or 12 bikes.
Operators use the miSolum platform: they see the status of each bay, follow sessions and consumption, create user groups and set tariffs by schedule, time or location. Riders use the Solum app, for iOS and Android.
According to Solum, the station includes the protections and electrical equipment it needs, and the miSolum platform sends automatic alerts when it detects a fault. Each vehicle charges in its own bay instead of from a makeshift socket in a corridor.
Enbiente, Solum's official exclusive partner in Portugal. We handle the survey, design, licensing, installation and aftercare. In 2025 we installed three Helios-G stations for the Municipality of Olhão and, in 2026, one station in the residential area of the Universidade Politécnica de Viseu.
It depends on the project. For Arena, on the area and the condition of the surface. For Helios, on the number of modules and the version, grid-connected or with a solar floor. We study the space and send you a proposal with the price.
Get started
A terrace, a rooftop, a car park, a square. Tell us what you have and we will tell you how much it can produce.
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Product figures and claims are Solum's. The case studies are Solum's, with the data the company published. solumpv.com
