Solar energy from your windows

Posted on July 16, 2023Comments Off on Solar energy from your windows

One of the main points of SolarPunk is that we’ve already got the technology we need to get us out of our current mess:

We have the technology we need – Sidmouth Solarpunk

As the New Scientist demostrates, from a couple of years ago:

“If we’ve done our job, no one will even know that they’re there,” says Hunter McDaniel at UbiQD, a materials manufacturing firm in the US. He and his colleagues have developed transparent solar panels that are indistinguishable from regular glass.

Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles | New Scientist

With this from the industry – painting pretty much a SolarPunk vision:

Imagine a city where towering buildings covered in glass windows surreptitiously harvest energy from every corner of the non-visible light spectrum to provide occupants with both a completely clear view and clean energy.

Nanoparticles enable completely clear, industry-sized solar windows – pv magazine International

And with this from the Bored Panda blog:

The “Solarpunk” Online Group Shares 30 Environmental Memes That People Can Relate To | Bored Panda

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