In a recently built office building in Boulder, Colorado, there are solar panels on the roof. But the building also has one of the world’s first installations of solar-window technology—transparent ...

A few months ago, researchers from the University of Michigan came up with an amazing bit of technology: Colorful, see-through solar cells that could one day be used to make stained-glass windows, ...

Imagine you could put solar panels anywhere you'd put a pane of glass. That's the promise of solar windows, which could change the way we build. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist and producer ...

Throughout the country, residential solar panels have become an increasingly popular option for generating energy for homes. The rising costs of energy across the US, along with falling prices for ...

Ubiquitous Energy and Michigan State University researchers have created a fully transparent solar concentrator, which could turn any window or sheet of glass (like your smartphone's screen) into a ...

Picture this… Windows that allow you to glance at the view whilst simultaneously powering your entire home. Infinite energy from your windows, yes please! Transparent solar panels are in a league of ...

Solar windows, also known as photovoltaic windows or solar glass, are a type of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) technology. Designed to look like windows and perform like solar panels, solar ...

If you’re thinking about going solar, we’ve got good news: your options have just been expanded. SolarWindow Technologies announced that their new cells can produce 50 times the energy of panels ...

3M has developed a see-through film that turns ordinary windows into solar panels. It will go sale next year. The solar film, on display at the Ceatec electronics conference in Japan, is arrayed in ...

A German startup has developed a new type of solar panel that’s flexible and transparent without sacrificing much efficiency. A German startup has developed a new type of solar panel that’s flexible ...

As we move away from fossil fuels like coal and gas as sources of energy, one of the better ways to produce power is by harvesting light from the sun. Solar panels are rapidly becoming cheaper and ...

3M has developed a see-through film that turns ordinary windows into solar panels. It will go sale next year. The solar film, on display at the Ceatec electronics conference in Japan, is arrayed in ...