ClearVue, Perth, has installed solar glass at a shopping centre

Source: ClearVue

ClearVue has installed its transparent solar glass in an atrium at a shopping centre in Perth. The solar atrium at the Warwick Grove Shopping Centre, made out of ClearVue’s transparent solar glass, would be used alongside battery storage to power lighting, signage and a display screen at the retail outlet.

The patented technology allows visible light to pass through a pane of glass, while the invisible wavelengths of light are deflected to the edges of the glass by nanoparticles where they are converted into electricity by solar panels. The electricity is stored in batteries so it can be used when needed. (For more information on how this works see ClearVue’s website).

These transparent solar glass panels have many potential applications to power a range of buildings from glasshouses to skyscrapers. Our sun can power the whole world in a clean and sustainable way. There's enough solar energy hitting the surface of the Earth to satisfy our energy requirements many times over. These glass panels could have the ability to harness much more of the sun’s power. Currently with solar panels we are only providing 0.2% of the world’s energy requirements (cited at ClearVue’s website).

References:
- ClearVue: http://www.clearvuepv.com/.
- RenewEconomy: ClearVue solar glass notches first commercial setting - a shopping centre atrium. February 6, 2019.
Postscript:
- Australian solar PV integrated window technology gains US approval. RenewEconomy, November 29, 2019.