Start-Ups Aim To Turn All Windows Into Solar Power Generators – Ubiquitous Energy

Which would you rather have, 1000 square feet of rooftop solar panels that are 20% efficient or 10,000 square feet of solar panels that are 5% efficient? The math says more of the less efficient devices is the right answer. A new Massachusetts start-up called Ubiquitous Energy is betting the coatings it has developed could turn the 50,000,000 square feet of windows in commercial buildings in the US into sources of solar power. Commercial buildings generally have 10 to twenty times as much window area as roof space, which means windows from Ubiquitous Energy could generate more electricity than would be possible from any other source.

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