A WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER PAD

A wireless power transfer pad (1) for wireless charging of a vehicle electrical storage system. The wireless power transfer pad (1) comprises an oscillating electromagnetic field generating device (20) configured for transmitting energy to a wireless power receiver (4) associated with the vehicle. The pad (1) further comprises a foreign object detection arrangement (25) including a plurality of foreign object detection coils (26). The solar panel arrangement (21) includes a photovoltaic substrate (22) with a front side (23) and a rear side (24), a front side electrode arrangement and a rear side electrode arrangement. Finally, the foreign object detection coils (26) are configured to function also as the front side electrode arrangement.