Ecovolving » Article http://ecovolving.com Your Environmental Network and Consultant - a new generation of thinking. Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:26:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 New transparent solar panels could fit invisibly over windows and phone screens http://ecovolving.com/new-transparent-solar-panels-could-fit-invisibly-over-windows-and-phone-screens/ http://ecovolving.com/new-transparent-solar-panels-could-fit-invisibly-over-windows-and-phone-screens/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:47:52 +0000 http://ecovolving.com/?p=456 “…a new type of solar panel has arrived. It isn’t ugly, inconvenient or loud; in fact, it’s practically invisible. The panel, developed by a team at Michigan University, is transparent, and could be used to fit over windows – or tablets, electronic signs or mobile phones.

This technology is a step forward from similar panels, which are see-through but tinted, and therefore less useful. As Richard R. Lunt, one of the new panel’s creators, puts it: “No one wants to sit behind coloured glass.””…

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