A company in Edmonton is working on technology to turn windows into transparent solar panels, with a boost from Alberta carbon tax revenues.
Applied Quantum Materials’ luminescent solar concentrator absorbs UV light as it hits window glass, then uses a nanomaterial to send it to the edges, where it can be converted to electricity, Global News reports. “We can apply a coating to the glass and the glass can absorb energy and it can transform that energy to solar cells which are located on the edges of the window frame,” said CEI David Antoniuk.
