Solar Windows

We all think of solar panels as being large, bulky and expensive things attached to roofs or lined up in vast 'arrays' in deserts.

Wouldn't it be nice if they could be more discreet and cheap?!

Well, it seems we're beginning to get there: Flexible sheets of solar cells which can be fixed to windows have been possible for a year or two now. But these have been inefficient and short lived compared with standard solar panels. Now though, it seems a technique has been found by a Swiss inventor which should get round these problems and make them cheap (See here).

It opens up the possibility of house and office windows being covered with these completely transparent sheets for little cost whilst cutting electric bills considerably.

Since the technique has already gone into mass production, it shouldn't be too long before it'll be coming to a window near you.