Researchers have set a new efficiency world record for converting sunlight into electricity using transparent solar cells. The breakthrough, made by an international team from the CitySolar project, is a huge boost for renewable energy, allowing entire skyscrapers to serve as power stations by transforming their windows into solar panels.
For example, US solar window specialist Ubiquitous Energy says it plans to turn skyscrapers into ‘vertical solar farms’ by installing solar windows, according to business news channel CNBC. The California-based company expects to start manufacturing floor-to-ceiling, transparent solar windows for buildings at high volume in 2024.
Solar windows look like regular glass windows, but act like solar panels, generating electricity from the sun. Transparent solar panels were pioneered at Michigan State University and are now being installed commercially. The US alone is estimated to have between five and seven billion square metres of glass surface.
RICHARD LUNT/MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Lance Wheeler looks at glassy skyscrapers and sees untapped potential. Houses and office buildings, he says, account for 75% of electricity use in the United States, and 40% of its energy use overall. Windows, because they leak energy, are a big part of the problem.
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