Player2 said:
We can do better than that, we can integrate them in the structure of the building.
^^You may not believe it, but that produces electricity. |
One cool thing with solar panel tech is that is still has growth potential.
I remember reading in like 2010 about some Japanese company developing clear solar panels that generate electricity from visible light, UV light and IR light. However the efficiency at the time was VERY BAD.
Eventually these panels could be installed as windows in buildings (similar to your pic).
The good thing about these panels (assumign they get the efficency up) is that they will work in weather conditions that are not sunny as there are areas in Australia where the sun don't shine so bright but the UV is around 14.
The other cool thing I read back then was scientists developed a new level of black, which was 30x darker than previously created (basically a piece of solid carbon). From memory it could absorb 98% of light vs like 80% what currently is possible. Now if this coudl be utlised in solar panels then great for us.
The final solar research I seen is where they inject some sort of virus into the panels that helps with the production of electricity. However this virus was harmful to people, so I personally would hate to have panels like that in the event they cracked from say a hale storm. I guess they would need to build them even more durable to ensure they don't crack.
