US clean tech firm SolarWindow announces its liquid electricity-generating coating for windows has entered into development
SolarWindow's liquid coating technology which can be applied to glass windows and flexible plastics in order to generate clean electricity has now entered into development, the clean tech developer has announced this week.
Initial work has started on 'transparent electricity-generating veneers' that can be applied directly to the existing windows of homes and businesses, according to the firm.
The firm said it hoped the technology could be utilised by five million tall towers in the US, which it estimates consumes 40 per cent of the country's power.
In order to address the marketplace for existing properties, SolarWindow said it the new transparent flexible veneers feature an "innovative fastening system" on one side and a transparent electricity-generating coating on the other.
SolarWindow explained in order to convert a window into one which generates electricity, installers cut the veneers to size on location and attach the fastening system to existing glass. Then, using a 'proprietary interconnection system', the electricity generated from sunlight hitting the glass can be routed into a building's electrical system or connected directly to a device.
"When newly manufactured glass is coated with SolarWindow electricity-generating liquids and fabricated into a window, it has the potential of turning entire buildings into vertical power generators, reducing electricity costs by up to 50 per cent per year," the firm said.
It claims the technology can provide a one-year payback on investment, producing 50 times more energy on a 50-storey building compared to a traditional rooftop solar installation and producing carbon emission reductions equivalent to the sequestration of 770 acres of forest.
The firm said it was currently engaged in ongoing discussions in the financial sector towards the eventual commercialisation of a technology that it hopes will break into a flat glass market worth an estimated $72bn worldwide. It plans to release additional information regarding the technology in the near future.
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