Monday, March 03, 2014

drag2share: Color Solar Panels Let Stained Glass Windows Produce Cheap Power

Source: http://gizmodo.com/color-solar-panels-let-stained-glass-windows-produce-ch-1535412144

Color Solar Panels Let Stained Glass Windows Produce Cheap Power

Because solar panels are designed to accumulate as much light from the sun as possible, they're typically very dark in color. It makes them more efficient, but also kind of an eyesore, minimizing their adoption. So researchers at the University of Michigan have developed what they believe to be the world's first semi-transparent, colored solar panels.

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