Manufacturers will have to find a way to build larger ones.

廠家要想辦法制造更大的。

Owners of skyscrapers will have to decide whether they want to install them, and there are questions about their cost versus modern windows that don't generate electricity.

摩天大樓的業主將不得不決定是否要安裝它們，而且它們的成本與不發電的現代窗戶相比也存在問題。

But the company that makes solar windows says the benefits are clear as glass.

但生產太陽能窗的公司表示，其好處就像玻璃一樣清晰。

Mhm solar panels are a popular method for capturing renewable energy, but they have some limitations.

Mhm太陽能電池板是一種很受歡迎的獲取可再生能源的方法，但它們也有一些侷限性。

They need lots of space, special installation and have some aesthetic drawbacks.

它們需要大量的空間，特殊的安裝，並有一些美觀的缺點。

But what if they look like this?

但如果他們看起來像這樣呢？

And every window around you doubled as a solar panel?

你周圍的每一扇窗戶都能當做太陽能電池板？

We've developed a way of making solar cells transparent buy only capturing the invisible light.

我們已經開發出一種讓太陽能電池透明的方法，只需捕捉不可見的光。

This is the only technology that allows you to do that.

這是唯一能讓你做到這一點的技術。

Ubiquitous energy isn't the first to develop solar glass.

無處不在的能源並不是第一個開發太陽能玻璃的。

Others have combined glass with solar cells that are thinner and smaller.

還有一些人將玻璃與太陽能電池結合起來，更薄更小。

But they could have drawbacks, like lower power efficiency and less transparency.

但它們可能會有缺點，比如功率效率較低，透明度較低。

Ubiquitous took a different approach and developed a solar coding made from organic dyes designed to match the transparency of standard windows.

Ubiquitous採取了不同的方法，開發了一種由有機染料製成的太陽能編碼，旨在匹配標準窗戶的透明度。

Light absorbing dyes are found all around us.

吸光染料在我們身邊隨處可見。

What we've done is we've engineered those dies to selectively absorb infrared light and also convert that light into electricity.

我們所做的是，我們已經設計了這些模具，以選擇性地吸收紅外光，並將這些光轉化為電能。

And that's key because infrared light is invisible to the human eye.

而這是關鍵，因為紅外線是人眼看不見的。

The result, the team says, is solar glass that delivers the best combination of energy efficiency and transparency.

該團隊表示，其結果是太陽能玻璃實現了能源效率和透明度的最佳結合。

The installation here is one of the first installations of this glass.

這裡的裝置是這種玻璃的首批裝置之一。

For now, solar glass is still less efficient than traditional solar panels are, but its potential for wider use can make up for that.

目前，太陽能玻璃的效率仍低於傳統的太陽能電池板，但其廣泛使用的潛力可以彌補這一點。

For example, the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco has 70 times as much vertical surface to its rooftop, and that would mean over 20 times more energy production from transparent solar than opaque solar on the roof.

例如，舊金山的Salesforce大廈的屋頂垂直面是其70倍，這就意味著透明太陽能的能源生產量是屋頂不透明太陽能的20多倍。

We really see the future of this technology as being applied everywhere.

我們真正看到了這項技術的未來是應用在各個地方。