Sharp to Launch Windows That Double Up As Solar Panels
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Japanese manufacturer Sharp this week announced the arrival of what it hopes will become a common money-saving building material. Its see-through solar panel, or window with built in solar capacity depending on which way you look at it (or indeed through it?) has been designed for use both as windows and balcony infill panels. The [...]
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Re: Sharp to Launch Windows That Double Up As Solar Panels
I look forward to seeing how the NEC will address all of the built-in DC wiring that will be needed to connect these panels back to a grid-tie inverter.
Or maybe we can have microinverters in the window frames and run 100w AC from every window to a central point.
There is some work to be done here!SMA SB 3000, old BP panels.
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