BIPV Archives | Solar Edition

Transparent Solar Window with Two Advantages and One Disadvantage is Suitable for BIPV

January 11, 2021

Transparent solar windows are a form of solar windows that have a light-harvesting layer embedded within them. A group of scientists from South Korea’s Incheon National University has come up with a low-cost transparent solar […]

This Solar panel Does not Need Light to Generate Electricity and Do it By Two Steps

November 27, 2020

We know that conventional solar panels convert visible and infrared (IR) parts of sunlight into electricity. Due to the intermittent nature of solar energy and the existence of more cloudy days than sunny days in […]

Scientists Developed Smart Window with Hydrogel-based Liquid Within Glass panels

November 12, 2020

Smart window is not a new idea. This idea was proposed to provide welfare and economic benefits for occupants of residential and commercial buildings. But scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed […]

Decentralization or Local Energy Production is Manifested in BIPV and VIPV

November 6, 2020

One of the main differences between renewable electricity generation and fossil fuel-based electricity generation is its ability to produce energy locally. It is an outstanding property of renewable energy, especially solar energy, which has led […]

Thermochromic Photovoltaic Windows or Switchable Color Perovskite-based Window

October 28, 2020

Perovskite solar cells have emerged as the next generation of photovoltaic cells since their inception in 2009. The efficiency of perovskite solar cells has increased from 3.8% in 2009 to 25.2% in 2019. These solar […]

Colored BIPV with high efficiency, an aesthetic building material that provides energy

July 13, 2020

Colored solar panels have always been attractive. Using normal solar panels covering large spaces with their black or blue colors is less than ideal by the homeowners, designers, and architects Use of PV panels as […]

Annual Added Solar Capacity in Norway Has Gone up close to 3 times in 2019 Compared to 2017

June 6, 2020

Annual solar power addition increased to 51.4 MW in Norway in 2019 compared to 18.4 MW in 2017. Although this amount is small compared to other European nation’s additions in 2019, the annual installation is […]

A Revolutionary Eco-building, Sunimplant, Utilizes Solar Energy for Total Independence

April 30, 2020

Students of the Morocco National School of Applied Sciences incorporation with experts from the National School of Architecture have designed an ecological detached house which is called Sunimplant. Sunimplant is a groundbreaking eco-building that was […]

Turning Building Windows from Passive Isolating Material to Active Power Generator Material

April 29, 2020

Semi-transparent solar cells that can be incorporated into window glass of buildings are a “game-changer” that could transform the architecture paradigms, urban planning, and power generation grids. A team of researchers from the ARC Centre […]

Solar PV Options in Austria to meet its Carbon Neutral Goals by 2040

March 20, 2020

Austria can increase the solar share into its electricity mix by several options; building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), agriculture plus photovoltaic (agrophotovoltaics), road-integrated photovoltaic, floating photovoltaic (FPV), and vehicle integrated photovoltaic (VIPV). It is important to note […]