I absolutely love the idea of stained glass windows which function as solar panels! We need more of these combinations of art and tech to create more beautiful places that serve everyone. :)

You are very creative and imaginative. I have never seen such beautifully designed solar panels before. The table charging station and the transparent solar windows are brilliant ideas. Imagine if everyone had them to charge up their phone and other electronic devices, how much energy that will save. You give me hope that working together we can solve the energy crisis.

@lydiaanderson3312

3 жыл бұрын

@Hello Harold Baker, How are you doing?

A roof without solar is an unfinished roof.

@SolarControlFilms

5 жыл бұрын

what's with the troll?

@PLF...

5 жыл бұрын

@@SolarControlFilms be nice to david, give him a chance to think things through

@gammaraygem

5 жыл бұрын

@@lilithanonymu425 just so you know...world population will stop growing at 11 billion. google rosling statistics. robots will take most jobs. that is a very bad prospect for the ultrarich 0.001 percent. So: mariuhana will be legal planet wide.,already equalling the facebooks, amazons and googles on wall street as investment goldmine. Why do you think that is ? to keep the masses docile, hooked on your rectangle (the one you are looking at right now), with a joint in hand... all those pro cannabis activists are being fooled big time.

@henrygustav7948

5 жыл бұрын

@@lilithanonymu425 The federal Govt pays for it, you think we need to beg Jeff Bezos for his tax $ to pay for it? Hah!

@drmachinewerke1

4 жыл бұрын

I just retired after 35 years as a roofer. I mainly worked on commercial roofing. I ran a repair crew for ten years. That means I fixed the leak over your desk. I’ll tell you where you never put solar. Never attach it to the roof. Trust me it gives you a greater possibility of a leak. Anyone that lets some guy install solar / a satellite dish on your roof. And you see them with a tube of caulking. Run them off. I have one more roof to install. Mine. Then I will install solar at ground level. If you do have to install in the roof. Do the following 1. New roof 2. Attach solar on a floating support ( no holes ) with a protective material between it and your roof . 3. Have the power wires enter the structure below the roof. Maybe at ground level. 4. Now I can not say this enough. Silicone belongs in your bathroom . It does not belong on your roof. Or a outside surface. Enjoy solar it certainly has its benefits. On your roof is not the place for it. Its the right location being high up. 5. If you own a building with a flat roof . Remember to install a good protective material between the roof and mounting base for panels. Oh and pick up all the debris left from the heating and AC guys. They leave screws laying everywhere.

It's people like you making me hopeful for the future. I'm sure there's equally enthusiastic researchers out there with similar day to day ideas for wind or geothermal, or just other sources on energy that can be used in less sunny places. I'll be eagerly awaiting the day when your Power Plants are released commercially :)

@Yanaschaf

5 жыл бұрын

Don't rest at being hopeful, please ♡ We need to demand the politicians of our cities, states, countries, to implement these things.

@fireworm91

3 жыл бұрын

@@Yanaschaf so they can ruin the country you are living in? If this things made real sense like LED there would be no laws or politicians needed... It's just a trend called green that will make landfills fulls of a new kind of non recyclable trash... ♻️ from something that before were recyclable...

Normal PV panels *are* beautiful already! We don't need more design(and more expensive), but we need them to be (even)cheaper! Let's get them first dirt cheap, and then we talk about design.

@Yanaschaf

5 жыл бұрын

Both at the same time. People are more willing to buy something if it is beautiful and doesn't cost too much. Practicabilty and cost effectiveness doesn't have to be ugly. We're just indoctrinated that beauty is only for the wealthy.

Affordable and aesthetically pleasing solar panels in our windows could be the next step in our transition to renewable energy sources accessible for everyone. Beautiful idea. I love it!

This is amazing and exclusively creative. Thanks for initiating our imagination to look out for better ways of maximizing things for functionality. Well done.

The idea of1 hour of sunlight is sufficient to provide electricity for the whole world for one year is mind-boggling and I'll definitely be a part in transforming the world with this :)

Exactly the kind of thing we need! Great work! :D Keep it up!

@naufalfathihasanizaini621

5 жыл бұрын

I on the same way to you

@samuelsofa

5 жыл бұрын

NUCLEAR POWER NOW!

@scottwelsh7381

5 жыл бұрын

@James I was naturally referring to its' applications to designers to make them more appealing to the masses. Nevertheless, if you feel the need to make sarcastic comments in order to inflate your own eago then be my guest! :D I'd hate to get in the way of whichever digital prescription you've prescribed yourself to help get you through the day.

Am so proud of this woman as being born into the 21st Century. This feels like the real 21st Century. I cannot believe that some of us still live in places where we even have to fight for basic rights as humans. Kudos to this woman and I too believe in Solar Democracy! 👍🏽👏🏽💜☺️

@fireworm91

3 жыл бұрын

You used the right words... this feels like but it's not.. at all... it's in real a steb back and it makes people more dependent on multinational companies... Just imagine If this glass becomes mandatory ...

This TED talk sparked a dream I once had when I first started my path into sustainability, thank you for reminding me of it

Wonderful speech, Marjan. Hope to see your work flourish.

Thank you Marjan, hopefully you'll make big difference in world

No energy gathering and utilizing method is perfect but I would prefer funding for solar research than fracking. Meanwhile sustainable use of wood energy is probably the best alternative we have.

Great intentions, but I honestly think that we need to futhermore lower prices and make solars more effective, let's begin with cheap solar roof tiles and other obvious applications, the rest will come afterwards. If we want to make solar power one of main power sorces with winters we also need to store that energy, ex. as lakes pumped up / down to "charge" / "discharge" those lakes, there is still a lot to do, but solar power seems to be one of better renewable power sources, because it's very predictable.

@TheBreed010

5 жыл бұрын

First of all predictable is not reliable, the best example for that is everyday when it gets dark solar predictably doesn't produce any power when demand is highest. And btw there are weather forecasts for wind as well as cloud coverage, so I don't see how wind is less predictable. And storage ... first of all do a back of the envelope calculation there is no way to store enough energy in summer to get reliably through winter. Also there is next to no capacity left for new pump-hydro-storage, every good location has been taken and new ones are basically impossible due to environmental protection and local resistance (people don't like to get their houses flooded). And yes there are other storage solutions that are way more expensive and way less capable and aren't gonna get build for the same reasons as pump-hydro plus the extra cost factor. Also advocating for big solar especially in northern Europe can only come from someone whose income depends on selling said solar because that has nothing to do with sustainability (those things need to be produced and that has a giant ecologic footprint as well and they don't last longer just because there are in the north ... so no longer lifetime just less energy in this lifetime). And keep in mind since solar+wind is so unreliable you would need to build giant overcapacity to get through bad days of clouds, short days and little wind as those conditions aren't uncommon in winter or keep a fleet of gas turbine power stations for those times

@TheChrisaige

5 жыл бұрын

Solar is not reliable and is most of the time combined with natural gas. There is a reason those big gas companies are pushing for solar. We need reliable clean energy and for now only nuclear is up to the task.

@Kocan7

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheBreed010 I agree with you on most points, apart from: - I'm not involved in any way with selling/producing solar panels, I honestly think that even in best scenarios we still need some 4th gen nuclear power plants (not yet implemented) or even better fussion poer plant (far from implementation, ITER will still be mostly scientific experiment) - wind is less predictable than solar power, depending on day or even weeks, there might be long periods with no wind created electricity at all, where solar panels even in worst scenarios generate some power, my parents life near wind turbines, they look nice, they don't disturb their lafies in any way, but even when there is a lot of wind not always all of them all on (probably due to servising), and when there is not enough wind they don't work at all - storing, I agree on water solution, I'm not really into this, I just heard about this and rolling stones up and down a slope, probably there are another reasonable solutions, but I simply don't know them - "northen europe" was my wring, I meant central, in germany solar power is very cheap, but I doubt that it will be reasonable in scandinavian countries, at least norway has 97% their electricity from hydro power plants

@Kocan7

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheChrisaige Yes and no, how about hydro power plants in places like fiords? Also, 3rd gen fusion reactors are good but not that brilliant, 4gen will come soon, those should be brilliant, if I remember correctly, 95% less waste, and 4th gen can reuse waste from previous generations as a fuel. There is always question of fission power, which might be avaible in 10-25 years, we don't know that, but there is one promising sign, private sector has started to develope them, so some companies think that tehnology is nearly good enought, so there is some hope for incredibly cheap electric power. My intend of that comment was: "it's not really about designing solar powers to make them look nice what can make them really into really important source of electricity, what we need to do is improve them and make them cheap"

@TheBreed010

5 жыл бұрын

well fusion is at least 50 years away from noteworthy contribution (20 years till DEMO and at least 10 years for 1st gen development and a decade of building up the numbers). 4th gen fission is also at least 15 years away probably even more, also I don't think that a closed fuel cycle with such high efficiency is possible (but it's also not needed). Regarding nuclear waste, you can reduce that by about 90% or so by just reprocessing the spent fuel which mostly doesn't happen because of political reasons but even if you don't do that the amount is miniscule due to the high energy density of the fuel but getting rid of it is again not a technical issue but rather a political as it turned out. To sum it up at least in Europe going nuclear is certainly not an option due to political unfeasibility. I don't think fjords carry that much water to really justify the destruction of the landscape but even if I don't think Norway is interested in destroying their fjords for a couple extra GW of power for other countries and they certainly can't power the rest of Europe or even a significant part of it. My bets are on some form of carbon capture and maybe a bigger role for nuclear but I have a hard time seeing that. I would recon we will most likely just don't do a whole lot about it until it really starts to impact many nations (with higher economy) and then maybe a big international carbon capture effort on the cheap but I haven't seen cheap CC for such a massive scale but ... we'll see

Far bigger problem than efficiency of solar panels is: HOW TO STORE this energy?! You know, guys/gals, we really suck at it. Another thing, do we have enough materials used in producing solar panels to satisfy the need? Seriously.

Design works when it is unnoticeable" I agree with her

really glad that we've been getting more science related videos again recently

@blank.9301

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, about time

@fireworm91

3 жыл бұрын

This isn't science it's design and science fiction... Nothing to be proud of.. it's more likely a fraud

Can you already buy the table online? I think it looks amazing

@PAVANZYL

5 жыл бұрын

lars van dijk : And how much does it cost?

@KrustyKlown

5 жыл бұрын

@@PAVANZYL a solar panel about that size goes around $200 .. $30 for some China made electronic boards .. plus extras .... or about $250 more than a regular table. It costs 50 cents a year to charge an iPhone .. if your whole family uses it every day, the table will have paid for itself in just over 50 years! .. such gadgets are only for fun, or for appeasing the obsessed, .. just not very practical.

@fireworm91

3 жыл бұрын

@Iamathiest butiamgood no, it's a fraud.

It is crucial to apply aesthetics to design solutions. Thank you for this talk, Marjan!

Thanks, very smart approach. I still love my old flat rectangular panels.

Transparent Solar panels on glass buildings will be a huge thing. It would increase profitability for the office buildings, which they like a lot. Solar power will win. If that was a political party, then we could bet on it :-)

@zhaow4832

4 жыл бұрын

it depends in a city environment when theres a lot of skyscrapers blockin light, it may not be economical

I love your work, joining art and technology

@lydiaanderson3312

3 жыл бұрын

@Hello Abed Elkassih, How are you doing?

Now is the best time to explore alternate energy sources. Great opportunity. Especially solar energy which is basically free!

@Mv0702

5 жыл бұрын

Solar is NOT free!!! when you take production and storage over night in batteries into account its a very expensive energy source. At least in most areas

@janvanput

5 жыл бұрын

Solar LIGHT is free. When you have to convert it into useable energy, it becomes a whole different cost picture...

@Mv0702

5 жыл бұрын

@@janvanput Ok then Coal, Gas and Uranium is also "free" as long as we dont convert them into usable energy :D

Apply the technology to the windshield and sunroof of electric cars

great innovative works. Best of luck

Great work!!

omg she and this project are so cool! So many opportunities for diversity and art. Something that could make a really strong cultural impact!

@biggus6633

5 жыл бұрын

Integration destroys culture.

@derbenrich

5 жыл бұрын

​@BLAIR M Schirmer It's a TEDx talk, so it's independantly organized. But yeah, to make this forum for ideas about diversity and gender isn't really helping the goal. Why do they only invite smart people?! Discrimination! ;P ​ Big Gus We started with a million cultures in separate tribes and are on the way to a more and more united world. Different cultures are what wars were fought for...

@randomguy22777

5 жыл бұрын

@@biggus6633 changes, not destroy. too much fear involved.

The title pulled me with hope that solution to cost and storage aspects of solar energy might have been found. Beautification of solar power is a worthy goal but it can come after it becomes a viable alternative.

@the0cool0guy

5 жыл бұрын

Talks like these contribute to make it viable by economies of scale. Just like Tesla roadster came before the model S.

@robbert-janmerk6783

5 жыл бұрын

The cost of unsubsidized solar is already lower than coal in many places and the cost of solar is reduces by 75% every 10 years (Swanson's law). Solar is entirely viable right now and will blow past old forms of power in the coming decade. As for storage, let us just power all of daytime use before we have to worry about that.

I loved this video, keep the work!

Brilliant talk. Brilliant designs.

I love seeing this coming into play

Her work is amazing, that is the question that always in my mind "why solar panels have dark navy in color?", "Do solar panels should always in a rectangular shape?". And yeah suddenly I found this video, I really support what she has done in designing a solar panel

@fireworm91

3 жыл бұрын

Let me enlighten you... Solar is dark because it need to absorb light not reflecting it... and pannels are square ⬛ for a simple reason, easy to package, uses lesser space to transport and it's stackable, it cost lesser to produce ... And overall it can fill your rooftop better than any other shape or design... Any other questions?

@firaca100

3 жыл бұрын

@@fireworm91 wow thanks for ur clear explanation!! When I asked that questions, actually i was wondering before that by looking at her design, why cant we use colorfull and not square-shape solar panel like her work so we can have customized design. So the 'conventional' solar panel is basicly for functional & efficiency purpose.

@chevadinesh6068

Жыл бұрын

Designing new models is good. But I think, to produce efficiently 1000's of gigawatts to our world it's possible with off grid projects with standard solar panels. 😊

i loved your speech. i wish you well.

Dear Marjan van Aubel, you are doing a very important job. Thank you very much!

its hard to explain my feeling towards your brain & personality. I admire you, I hope one day I can meet you :) Thanks

One of my favorite TED talks tbh

@joel4210

2 жыл бұрын

You should look into the one that talks about Nuclear Power

44.5% efficiency? That's true. It's also true that those are experimental cells of a few square inches and heat up to 1000 degrees Fahrenheit.

This is great, i love it

We went solar last week and it's an amazing sight when you see that dial going backwards

@PLF...

5 жыл бұрын

Check the dial on your wallet for a quite different experience

@Asylum247

5 жыл бұрын

@@PLF... sorry but I don't understand

Good explanation👌👍👏👏👏

Amazing!

History has changed from agriculture to industrial age. In agriculture(bionic), plants such as trees are used as energy and slow, The industrial age (mechanic) uses minerals such as oil as an energy and fast. Now trees and animals are hard to live more and more, but human and plastic are overflowing. What a beautiful world!

@chevadinesh6068

Жыл бұрын

Change is inevitable!

Perfect!

I would like to know who makes a 44% efficient solar panel that would be really nice to know.

Bravo! Wonderful

Brilliant!

These are the kind of videos that make me happy amidst all the depressing climate change ones.

What a brilliant technology, thanks mam

She is changing the world

Love it !

would have been nice if you had mentioned where you can find these products too.

You make great job

I liked that she doesn't want to rely on government. The fact that she makes beautiful and fictional designs is awesome.

@FranciscoSciaraffia

5 жыл бұрын

at this point it's very clear no government is willing to step up and do anything of real impact.

@skydivekrazy76

5 жыл бұрын

@@FranciscoSciaraffia true.

This is a dream come true. She needs all the backing up she can get. Get her in touch with gates and the likes of him

Awesome!!! 👏

improve efficiency and reduce costs... design will follow naturally. My father decided to move back into the land from the city to a farm. He has no electricity but from a few panels tonpower a few light bulbs and charge his cellphone. He us building one panel at the time. Believe me ... how beautiful is not a factor in his decision to be able to have electricity at the moment!!!

Great Idea!

So we build greenhouses that incorporate PV, which blocks some of the light to the plants in order to produce energy. Then we use the energy produced by the PV to provide the plants with more light? That's a net loss of energy. I'll stick to my rooftop PV array thanks.

@will260007

5 жыл бұрын

I think the solar panels are on the floor of the greenhouse but again will be blocked by the plant pots, foliage, holding structure, led lights, wires and water pipes. So yeah, it will not be efficient at all. Better leave the solar panels outside unblocked from direct sunlight. She is not an engineer, she is trying to make it pretty at the depends of efficiency and cost.

@MinecraftAdmin99

5 жыл бұрын

Cool, you can make anything sound stupid if you only selectively hear. Remember that it had hydroponic functions as well, it wasn't just to power lights. Also, plants are more receptive to some wavelengths of light than others, so by being able to control that wavelength you could increase the efficiency of the photosynthesis. By doing it right, you could speed up the growth of the plants by a substantial amount. It might not be the best use of the technology, but it isn't as dumb as you tried to make it sound.

@Chazz155511

4 жыл бұрын

Hey, it was computer generated, and as with all things computer generated especially with kick starter, they are totally LEGIT and feasible regardless of the laws of physics.

Stupendous 👍

IMHO solar panels of any color/kind are BEAUTIFUL!

Mind blowing..😘..I love this woman

44.5% eff...... divide that by 2 and get the actual best performing panels.

@jerryostrowski6282

5 жыл бұрын

Realistically it's 20-30% efficency for a good solid fixed position solar panel

@poolboy1690

5 жыл бұрын

SunPower makes the highest efficiency panels at 23% efficiency, anything higher than that can only be found in a lab at this point in time.

@Aaron16211

5 жыл бұрын

SunPower solar PV panels are also Cradle to Cradle Certified for clean chemistry, clean disassembly and remanufacturing in a "circular economy".

@mauroscimone8584

5 жыл бұрын

Tim van Neijenhoff she is talking about Multijunction solar cells made of exotic and expensive materials used for Space satellites application, the best solar PV cell in the world

@QUADBOYification

4 жыл бұрын

37% now.

Wow! This is awesome. How can someone setup a small plant in Pakistan to make solar panels you design?

Awesome thx!

@lydiaanderson3312

3 жыл бұрын

@Hello Rick Harold, How are you doing?

I've been saying for a while that as far as I know, there has not been a systematic and comprehensive approach to materials research for solar panels. Yes, there are lots of researchers developing and testing new materials, but there's probably a lot of duplication of failed materials, a lot of materials that have yet to be tested, etc. Because a very efficient and less expensive to build panel could potentially benefit all humans, it's time we got organized across the world and figure out how to make cheaper and more efficient panels through a systematic and comprehensive materials testing program. Of course, a cheaper and more efficient panel only solves part of the problem. We still have to figure out either storage technologies or other ways to produce electricity at night (nuclear?).

so cool

This is so cool.

Wooooow what an idea.. as soon as I heard it and saw it

Very cool! But don't forget the batteries and redirecting the electricity remaining into the principal grid. In order to have a solid sustainable grid, we have to stock energy, everything that creates electricity should be connected to the whole grid.

Who said solar panels are ugly? I love that dark blue color of those PV cells.

I can across this video on Ewans energy roadmap - there are many great videos there that will help out

Great work, how do we get more information? We have a 15,000 SF warehouse with a flat roof; we need to start harvesting.

beautiful land fills of old solar panels

@kalebmarkstrom

5 жыл бұрын

Cosmic what's your solution? You seem to have a problem with this brilliant optimistic speaker and her ideas, what's your solution? I'm sure you have a Ted talks of your own coming soon but I just can't wait that long. Please enlighten all of us.

@CosmicJarl

5 жыл бұрын

Kaleb Markstrom nuclear is the only solution

@kalebmarkstrom

5 жыл бұрын

So... Beautiful landfills filled with radioactive Pistons? How do you think nuclear power works? Multi tier approach is probably the right thought process. Maybe with enough smart people like you thinking about a diverse group of ideas we can collectively solve our energy problem.

fabulous

The solar problem is majorly a political one ,also the inconsistent of the sun and the low efficiency still a problem (high efficiency is not affordable for average incomes). Great speech ty👍🏻

could you please come up with some numbers of performance of your creation to your presentation.

Top notch

Centralized power plants have always been, are, and will always be primary targets for sabotage. The solar panels on my roof are not. The wider we spread production the small the profile energy presents as an target for economic or physical harm. Camouflaging it beautifully is even smarter. Two thumbs up. I: :I

കിടുക്കാച്ചിയേയ് , പൊളി ഐഡിയ , താങ്ക്സ് ഫോർ ന്യൂ ഐഡിയ 💥👍

She mentioned reading a book entitled "Solar Revolution". I found two with the same title on Amazon. Does anyone know which one she was speaking of specifically?

@fwily2580

5 жыл бұрын

Jelani Olamina Solar for Idiots and Solar for Gullible. They say the same thing.

but we need to work on the connected tech: battaries for example, its not well disposible and consume a lot of energy to produce the , also they last for few years only

gimme that phone charging window! link please?

Good afternoon. I was aiming to add the Spanis Translation to your video but, unfortunately, it appears to be unabilitate for contribute. Can we arrange that somehow to spread this conference for Latin America? Thank you for your time.

Solar panels take up so much space. You'd have to remove the creatures inhabiting the space also. Creatures live in deserts too

@piranha031091

5 жыл бұрын

Solar panels take _nothing_ compared to agriculture. In fact, our current roof surfaces would be enough to power our societies if they were all covered in efficient enough solar cells.

I’m currently planning out a build in a cargo van for a living situation (check out the #vanlife videos) I’m imagining how this can be integrated into a moving vehicle. Of course when does similar to her would have to be extra resistant to vibrations and such but I’m sure she can figure it out lol. I would love to see something like this be more prevalent

The more efficient and cheap and realistic this technology becomes the better.

HELP! Does anyone know about the PID 'potential induced degradation' on solar panels ?

I want to learn solar engineering from scrap. Where should i start.. :)

COOL!

I'd love to see solar continue to improve, to the point that it creates less waste (via expended panels).

@nousername5673

3 жыл бұрын

Recycling.

If every skyscrapper uses this in the city, it will be beautiful.

My cell phone is solar powered and I’m commenting using my ce

@mohammadhavier7715

3 жыл бұрын

Hehe

i want to put a solar cell on an immobile vertical wall in permanent shade, that sounds like a great idea.

I love solar energy! It brought us COAL!

For solar to be a preferred option for cold countries who doesn't receive as much sunlight as hot countries does, these technologies might help to a degree. For hotter climates, there is lot of space and radiation available to develop mega solar plants which countries like India are already doing. Africa is the next big example. Another option is transferring this excess power through the grid to cold countries during overcast days and way to earn money by hot countries. But this needs a global grid which is currently not feasible but maybe in next 20 years when globalisation extends here as well.

Personally, I kind of like the traditional look of solar cells... Doesn't bother me at all. Also like the look of windmills, generally enjoy it. This seems to ME unnecessary, but if it can get hesitant people on the wagon, then go for it! Still don't think it SHOULD be necessary in the first place, but I guess people are people...😅

@bonnieblenders4606

5 жыл бұрын

Spoken from men. I love my roof. But I'm a woman and artist 😉

@MichaelBerthelsen

5 жыл бұрын

@@bonnieblenders4606 It's about esthetic preferences, not gender or artistic background, thankyouverymuch.

@MichaelBerthelsen

5 жыл бұрын

@Manny Santiago It DOES matter to SOME people, and if this can help more people embrace it, I'm all for it.

Also give emphasis on low cost but highly efficient solar battery to store the energy.

@PLF...

5 жыл бұрын

Doesn't exist...

@synergyvid

5 жыл бұрын

*yet

would that table and window get extra hot..?

How doe we get access to these panels