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New Breakthrough in Invisible Solar Cell Technology

Mike Sandru — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:44:45 +0000

Remember what we’ve said about see-through solar cells on windows and how they could become the future of the industry? Well, it’s actually moving in the right direction, with more good things coming our way. For example, New Energy Technologies Inc has improved its manufacturing technique by making vacuum deposition at low temperatures instead of […]

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See-Through Network of Wires for More Efficient Solar Windows

Mike Sandru — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:46:23 +0000

It may be a while, but soon enough plain glass windows will never be the same again! Thanks to scientists from New Energy Technologies, Inc and the NREL, if windows have a see-through wiring system attached to them, they’ll be able to harvest and conduct electricity. The technology is especially attractive because there’s no way […]

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New Energy Technology's Spray-On Solar Cells Applied on Flexible Plastic Material

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:33:26 +0000

Last year, a company called New Energy Technology announced that they had succeeded making a photovoltaic substance that, applied on clear glass, could generate electricity. Now, they are announcing the same innovation being available for flexible plastic materials.

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SolarWindow-Maryland Technologies' New Solar Window Saves More Than Classic PV Panels

Mike Sandru — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:46:26 +0000

Maryland-based New Energy Technologies has great plans for the future - they want to develop a new type energy generating window. Last week, the company has unveiled a working 12 x 12 inch prototype of its SolarWindow product.

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World's First See-Through Glass SolarWindow Capable to Generate Electricity

Mike Sandru — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:54:33 +0000

Measuring less than ¼ the size of a grain of rice, the see-through glass could be coated with SolarWindow's coatings at room temperatures using commercially available technologies.

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New Transparent Solar Cells Can be Sprayed Onto Any Glass Surface

Mike Sandru — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:01:39 +0000

Researchers at New Energy Technologies have recently developed transparent solar cells which can be sprayed onto any type of glass. They successfully removed all metals from the solar cell and replaced them with an environmentally-friendly see-thru compound.

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