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SolarWindows dot com
If youre thinking about going solar, weve got good news: your options have just been expanded. SolarWindow Technologies announced that their new cells can produce 50 times the energy of panels commonly in use today. What that means is a faster return on the investment required for a solar set up. CEO John Conklin called it the most innovative breakthrough in powering the half-billion square feet of windows installed on commercial buildings in the US, annually.
Heres how the windows supposedly work. Glass panels are first treated with a photovoltaic coating made up of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and a few secret ingredients that SolarWindow is keeping under wraps. The active layer absorbs light, while the transparent conductors make energy extraction possible. For transparency, the coatings are applied in liquid form at ambient pressures and dried at low temps. The result is clear solar paneling, and the coatings can be added to any conventional glass or plastic.
...They also plan on offering a 25-year warranty to match those offered by conventional solar panels.
...SolarWindows claim that they can use natural, shaded, or even artificial light to produce energy, unlike conventional solar, which means theyre good for use on all four sides of a building instead of just on the roof.
Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/solar-window-solar-panel
Heres how the windows supposedly work. Glass panels are first treated with a photovoltaic coating made up of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and a few secret ingredients that SolarWindow is keeping under wraps. The active layer absorbs light, while the transparent conductors make energy extraction possible. For transparency, the coatings are applied in liquid form at ambient pressures and dried at low temps. The result is clear solar paneling, and the coatings can be added to any conventional glass or plastic.
...They also plan on offering a 25-year warranty to match those offered by conventional solar panels.
...SolarWindows claim that they can use natural, shaded, or even artificial light to produce energy, unlike conventional solar, which means theyre good for use on all four sides of a building instead of just on the roof.
Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/solar-window-solar-panel
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Liquid electricity...
http://solarwindow.com
http://solarwindow.com/2015/02/new-energys-electricity-generating-solarwindow-trumps-competition-with-industrys-fastest-ever-payback/
2min40sec video presentation released on 8/20.
http://solarwindow.com/2015/08/solarwindow-electricity-from-glass/
I don't share "the latest" technologies often, but this one sounds more legitimate than most.
We'll see.
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kristopher
Aug 2015
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HappyPlace
(568 posts)1. 50 times the energy is over unity, isn't it?
When applied to windows on towers, New Energys modeling shows SolarWindow generating up to 50-times the power of conventional rooftop solar systems while delivering 15-times the environmental benefits. For example, a single SolarWindow installation can avoid the amount of carbon emissions produced by vehicles driving about 2.75 million miles per year, compared to 180,000 miles for conventional rooftop systems.
If conventional modules are at, conservatively, 10% efficiency, wouldn't 50 times that be 500% efficient at converting radiant energy into electricity?
I don't get it.
kristopher
(29,798 posts)2. That would be the first read, but ...
...I'm under the impression that the multiple is a result of amount that can be deployed on a high rise building. The concept seems allow all faces to act as energy collectors, not just the ones directly facing the sun.
The economics will prove out or they won't. We'll see.
HappyPlace
(568 posts)3. That's the only sense I could make of it too.
What the tiny area of a rooftop of a high rise, with all of the HVAC, etc., on top, compared to the huge surface area of glass curtain walls would make that factor believable.
Thanks.
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