Tomorrow’s “Solar Houses” Will Generate Our Electricity and Grow Our Food

Tomorrow’s “Solar Houses” Will Generate Our Electricity and Grow Our Food

“We have demonstrated that ‘smart greenhouses’ can capture solar energy for electricity without reducing plant growth, which is pretty exciting,” Loik, the first author on a paper published in Earth’s Future, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, said in a UCSC press release.

These “smart greenhouses” use what’s called Wavelength-Selective Photovoltaic Systems (WSPVs) to grow plants and generate self-sustaining electricity for the greenhouses. These are outfitted with transparent, pink roof panels that are stained with a luminescent dye which absorbs light and captures energy in narrow photovoltaic (PV) strips. Loik asserted that WSPVs are less costly than traditional photovoltaic systems while generating electricity more efficiently…”

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