One of the hindrances to large-scale solar adoption, especially in cities, is where to install the chunky panels. Rooftops?

Windows could soon power your office. Discover how transparent solar glass is turning skyscraper facades into clean energy sources.

Researchers in South Korea have recently designed a transparent solar window technology that is capable of generating electricity continuously by using sunlight during the day and indoor lighting at ...

Imagine a car whose windows and sunroof can help top up its battery while parked under the sun, or a pair of smart glasses whose lenses can harvest light to power built-in electronics.

Microscopic solar-cell stripes could turn windows into power sources, letting light through while generating energy for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of international researchers has developed a new record-breaking transparent solar cell with an efficiency of 12.3%. The ...

A reflection-based solar cell design inspired by periscopes achieves near-complete visible transparency and record light utilization efficiency, outperforming all previous transparent photovoltaic ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (“ENEOS”) and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (“NSG”) have begun Japan's first installation of transparent solar panels for use as building ...

Heliatek reached a new record in the efficiency of transparent solar cells. The latest development allows transparency levels up to 40% with an efficiency of over 7%. The company already holds the ...

Researchers in Europe are investigating semi-transparent solar windows, applying microfabrication technniques to both CIGS and perovskite devices, to overcome the view-impeding properties of earlier ...

Chinese scientists say they have created a transparent solar coating that turns ordinary windows into energy generators without affecting clarity, according to a Science Daily report. The coating, ...