Comments on: New Transparent Thin Film Solar Material Could Turn Windows into Solar Power Generators

By: affordable solar power

affordable solar power — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:33:00 +0000

Seeing as the sun delivers 89,000 Terawatts to the Earth’s surface, decent solar panels would make petrochemicals, gas and coal obsolete, and energy would be extremely cheap, discounting start-up costs of retailed solar power systems.

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:47:12 +0000

Russell: Thanks for your comment. Good point. However, transparent solar film would enable designers to maximize the solar energy potential of buildings by using windows and walls both to generate energy. Also, transparent solar film would be useful in glass-walled buildings and other structures such as greenhouses.

By: Russell Geisthardt

Russell Geisthardt — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:22:10 +0000

I don’t see the point. Photovoltaic windows are semitransparent, which means that they don’t absorb as much light as you would like for a solar panel, and they don’t transmit as much light as you would like for a window. Thus, they’re not good at either. Wouldn’t it make more sense to put in regular windows and put up regular solar panels on the walls?

By: Cool Green Morning: Friday, November 5 | Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:44:23 +0000

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