Greenhouses and solar panels both need to be placed in areas with a lot of sunlight – so why not combine the two? Semi-transparent solar cells could potentially be built into the glass roof panels of ...

Design a year-round solar greenhouse that is entirely self-sufficient, relying only on the sun to provide all of its heating needs while growing more than traditional greenhouses and using less energy ...

Advances in transparent solar cells mean that soon we might be able to install them into windows and greenhouses. But in the latter case, would they deprive plants of vital sunlight? To find out, ...