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Thanks OffGridForGood, your winter greenhouse idea sounds fabulous - I'm a keen gardener too and spend lots of time in my greenhouse. If you're interested in inspirational ideas for greenhouses you might like to watch this video of a retiree in Nebrasak who has created an amazing geothermal...

Thank you Crowz and SamG340 - certainly food for thought and would evolve the idea in an entirely different direction! Not something I would have thought about at all. I will check out the street light - thanks for the link.

Thank you Crowz, that's very interesting. Very sorry to hear about your dog.

Thanks Sam, no offence taken, I appreciate your frank feedback.

Thanks Rednecktek, appreciate the feedback. It gives me a steer on things I can do to improve the design even though the energy being generated is likely questionable. Really helpful for the report that I have to put together for my assignment. I am not sure yet whether I will have the...

Thanks for the vote of confidence! ?

I guess that's what I'm trying to work out. Even though the transparent panels are not so efficient I think that a single panel (Polysolar 64w Photovoltaic panel PS-CT Series - 1200x600mm) will generate enough power for an LED grow light for around 4 hours. As OffGridforGood has pointed out it...

Thanks SamG340, from research currently underway it seems that plants can grow under the panels with the light that filters through (even though the panels are not yet fully transparent)...

Thank you OffGridForGood, I am currently looking at how much the product would cost to produce so this will be good to compare as a standard solar panel would certainly be more efficient - definately something to explore as I look at the product's viability. My focus initially has been on...

Thanks VermontOwl, you are correct the windows are infact the solar panels - (there have been trials on some greenhouses here in the UK - the glass is not yet fully transparent but allows enough light (approximately 50%) to filter through so that you can still grow plants beneath them) - at the...

I am a student studying design and innovation and am working on a concept for a solar powered growbox using transparent/semi transparent photovoltaic glass. This type of pv glass does not currently generate as much electricity as the opaque monocrystalline polycrystalline panels we are more...