New dawn for transparent solar panels

Lucas Erasmus and Professor Hendrik Swart

Good news for art galleries, auction houses and householders alike is a scientific breakthrough by the Free State University in South Africa and the Ghent University in Belgium. A revolutionary new type of window glass – in effect, a transparent solar panel - is the objective of joint research being done by the two universities.

The development means that in future, art galleries, museums and auction houses will be able to generate their ...