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See-Through Solar Windows Turn Invisible Light Into Electricity
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The cutting-edge technology could let you put a solar panel anywhere you put a piece of glass — from household windows to your car or even your cellphone screen.
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Anything that might lower our cost for power is a good thing!
This has been around for years…not news at all .… did any further progress happen this time ?
Hopefully it’ll come to market soon Been waiting for tech like this for 10 years alongside with badeless wind energy and so on
That invisible house for sale just recently could use this .…..
The problem about solar power is we do not have Sun for three weeks and then one day sun three weeks no sun
5% efficiency — 5% of the whole light spectrum or 5% of the UV and IR portions?
ClearVue Technologies Limited also are a solar glass company
Harnessing a fraction of the light spectrum is kinda useless. TBH.
If they could include an auto-tint, that’d be awesome!
Smart window…?
Will the polarization of tempered glass have any effect and is the coating a post coating (a soft-coat requiring encasing). Maybe tempering is not even in the pic yet. Maybe ion generator instead
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Cool! Now I’m on here to read all the spontaneous experts on solar technology! 🤔
Solar panels are made in Chinese concentration camps. Look it up. But it’s ok they’re suffering in the Holy name of climate change
More info is needed here. Can it be applied to existing windows, what about the angle, what about curved glass, does it work in low light, and more…
It juste capture the infrareds that would be heating the inside of the building but with some energy loss
Once this really kicks off, gets down on cost, and becomes easily accessible, it truly could be the biggest game changer in the renewable energy movement. Obviously converting all the currently existing windows in the world will take decades if not more, but it truly would negate the need for gas power. There are literally billions and billions of windows on earth.
Sticking Big black.… Solar panels 😅😅 uff that ws a close one..🤣🤣lol my mind though 😂
So far the few family members that does have solar panels on their roof are costing more than their monthly bill because disconnected issues and hard to get knowledgeable professionals for help. They might have to find solutions YouTube to try to do it themselves.
Love it
Seems this gets invented every year but never reaches consumers. Too many issues to overcome
And nuclear fusion power is right around the corner…
based on Ubiquitous Energy’s own website: in ideal conditions, one 3’x5’ window would produce 200Wh of energy per day. This is equivalent to charging your iphone 13 times. But remember, this is ideal conditions — which happen in only certain locations, and even then only part of the time. This is why these windows would best be applied to skyscrapers and buildings with a massive surface area. Putting these things on the side of a home in the suburbs will likely generate very little energy. I would guess maybe 100Wh on average, and a lot of home windows are not 3’x5’. So maybe with a standard suburbian home, you could get 300Wh of energy (?) if enough light hits your house every day and the windows to which it is applied are facing south. I mean, its free energy so that’s great! but will it offset the cost of purchase and installation. Maybe not yet for the average homeowner… Maybe not ever. But that doesn’t mean this tech can’t be used in many different places. It’s exciting to see.
More interested in how this tech works right now. Everything just sounds like fluff.
Still need fuel and gas to manufacture the pannels
Half as efficient and 30 to 40% more expensive. The tax breaks are the same. Traditional solar panels are over 20% efficient now not less.
A polished product, even if it is a pane to install. I’m grateful for their transparency. A window into the future. Seems like an open shut case. Smashing idea. Looks like they’ve cracked it.
And the wiring? Smells like Solar Roads to me.
I mean this is cute, but windows are typically a net loss for energy, having a better insulated window will save you 100 times more energy than what this will generate.
Imagine the sticker shock to the parents of the neighborhood kids errant baseball going into your solar window
30–40% more expensive glass with a 10-year payback period is going to be a challenge. I wonder if those calculations are for the 5% efficiency they are at today. Would a 10% efficiency variant at similar 30–40% more expensive glass have a 5‑year payback period? If so, they may achieve their vision of putting solar power generation in pretty much any new building that will have glassed exteriors.