Solar Power Windows

Or does the glass remove most or all of the energy contained in sunlight?

Just wondered if I power one of those portable solar chargers if I can leave it working during the day next to a window.
Thanks for the answers.
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It works fine through windows. You lose a little energy to the glass, but it's not a significant amount and solar panels still work fine in indoor sunlight.

2008-08-09 17:41:36 by waldopepper

Pythagoras Solar (www.pythagoras-solar.com) offers the only transparent and high-density PVGU, which combines solar PV power generation with the ...

I think they are originally from Germany but I saw them in Mexico. They used to be done with electricity but now there are some that use solar power. Usually done with a push of a button mounted on a wall.

Switchable glazings (sometimes called "smart windows") can change properties such as shading coefficients (the amount of solar heat gain allowed) or visible transmittance (amount of visible light that passes through a window) in response to

2007-01-10 08:04:50 by C

Hi I want to power a 5000 btu window airconditioner with a solar panel. I know very little about solar energy so i was wondering what size of a solar panel i would need . Would I need whats called an inverter or a power pack I have been looking at...

A 5000 BTU air conditioner, even a high efficiency one,
will draw about 750 W. running.
Figure at least 50% duty cycle, and you need 375 W./Hr. to run your A.C. unit for one hour.
The 1.8 W. panel you're looking at will...

2007-07-23 17:16:20 by me

can solar panels be windows in a building?
that are see through. with maybe some small wires in it?
so a huge building can be a big solar generator.

Building integrated solar panels, or solar glazing, are one of the most interesting areas of solar power. Many companies are working on the exact product you describe. Demonstration projects have been built. There is an office building with solar...

2006-07-14 15:33:55 by Hammond, of Texas

Only need AC for one or two rooms. Wondering if there is a solar powered window unit for air conditioning?
I'm thinking that it would require unrolling the panels and either hanging them from the window, or placing them on the roof. Not...

No, they only make solar powered clothes dryers. They cost near to nothing. Just rope and clothes pin's.

2007-04-21 13:28:33 by Angel G

I would :)

2008-04-03 06:21:39 by NUKE