A solar-powered Welsh cinema will feature in the Ripley's Believe it or
Not! Christmas annual
The Welsh cinema's designer, Gower artist Jo Furlong, explains: "The Sol Cinema has been lavished with style and runs entirely on renewable energy.
A unique cinema - which is powered entirely by the sun - has been featured in the Christmas annual, Ripley's Believe it or Not!
The Sol Cinema has found its way into the popular book, taking up a full page.
• This super cool cinema is screening your favourite Christmas films
The Welsh cinema's designer, Gower artist Jo Furlong, explains: "The Sol Cinema has been lavished with style and runs entirely on renewable energy.
"We use a low energy LED video projector and batteries to store the energy from the Sun via photovoltaic panels."
Jo and friends designed the micro cinema by recycling a 1972 twin-berth caravan to accommodate eight adults in comfort for a unique cinematic experience.
The Sol Cinema has toured all over the UK and Ireland and even hosted the Welsh Rugby team earlier this year.
The Ripley's Believe It or Not! annual is now firmly established as Christmas reading and last year it was a top ten bestseller.
It documents strange-but-true facts as well as weird and wonderful stories - ranging from a Polar Bear robot to a woman who still suffers from sea-sickness three years after her last boat trip, to a Swiss daredevil who soars over famous landmarks in his own custom-made jet pack.
Sol Cinema, projectionist Paul O'Connor said: "The Sol Cinema offers unique mobile entertainment so to be published and awarded a certificate by Ripley's is wonderful news.
"It is great to know that on Christmas day people all over the World will be opening their Believe it or Not! 2017 annual and reading about our little cinema."
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