New Energy Advances Commercial-Use Power Production Model of SolarWindow

New Energy Technologies, Inc. announced that successful independent corroboration of early power modeling for the company’s SolarWindow has spurred active development of advanced ‘commercial-use’ models for calculating power production and energy savings for the first-of-its-kind technology capable of generating electricity on glass while remaining see-thru.

This news follows validation of the company’s early power production model by Dr. Steven S. Hegedus,a widely-published expert and authority in photovoltaics. Dr. Hegedus is credited with more than 90 scientific publications related to thin film solar cell fabrication, characterization, manufacturing methods and reliability studies. He is the co-editor of the Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering.

“I’m satisfied that New Energy’s preliminary power production model calculations appear accurate and appropriate, and based on reasonable assumptions. The results indicate that even at moderate efficiencies SolarWindow could be capable of providing a significant amount of energy, following its successful development and ultimate commercial installation,” explained Dr. Hegedus.

“Today’s validation of our commercial-use power production model is an important step in providing potential customers with a performance and economic model for calculating cost-savings associated with the application of SolarWindow to building facades,” explained John A. Conklin, president and CEO of New Energy Technologies, Inc.

Key to maximizing energy production, SolarWindow can be applied to the extensive glass surfaces on commercial skyscrapers, an important advantage over conventional solar systems confined to installation on space-prohibitive rooftops.

The prospect of creating the world’s first-of-its-kind SolarWindow, currently under development, is made possible when researchers spray the company’s novel, electricity-generating, see-thru coatings onto glass surfaces. Unique to SolarWindow, these coatings remain see-thru when applied to glass, and generate electricity under both natural and artificial light conditions.