Podcast: Harvesting Energy Through the Window
Podcast: Harvesting Energy Through the Window
By selecting for mostly ultraviolet and infrared light, a new type of solar panel makes as good a window as wall.
Photovoltaic solar panels are becoming increasingly inexpensive, but there are many sunny surfaces where adding them is not feasible. Veeral Hardev, vice president for corporate strategy at Ubiquitous Energy, talks about his company’s quest to make transparent PV cells that can be applied to window glass.
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