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  • Karl Ramjohn
    Karl Ramjohn
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    Solar Powered Windows...
    An update from Green Tech Gazette on the research in "solar powered windows":

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    http://www.greentechgazette.com/index.php/solar-energy/solar...
    QUOTE:
    This solar window uses invisible dyes to concentrate sunlight and redirect it towards the PV cells, which have been integrated into the frames. Not only will this solar window make it easier for homeowners to install photovoltaic technology, without worrying about messing up their roofs and falling down ladders but the MIT solar windows are also supposed to frugal as well costing less that $1 per watt to build.

    According to MIT, the cost reduction is due to the organic solar concentrators, which are the dyes that absorb different wavelengths of light and push this energy towards the frame, which contains far fewer PV cells than standard solar panels, yet produced the same energy output.

    Related:
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080410101210.ht...
    http://www.oilgae.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=53
    • 29 Jul 2008, 10:45 am