Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Solar power is the fastest-growing source of new electricity ...

Transparent solar cells, once a futuristic concept, are moving closer to reality thanks to a breakthrough from researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). On Wednesday, the team ...

The research team’s semi-transparent solar concentrator can be directly coated onto standard window glass. It uses liquid crystal films to reflect and guide circularly-polarized sunlight to solar ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Solar-collecting windows could make office buildings and skyscrapers more energy efficient, but harnessing solar power while retaining transparency ...

Researchers out of UCLA have developed an affordable-to-produce transparent solar cell that can be applied to windows, giving them the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people to ...