Technology: The Not-so-Sci-Fi to the Rescue

A company called Octillion is trying to create commercially viable windows that generate electricity from the sun using new technology.

http://www.octillioncorp.com/index-2.html

If this succeeds, solar power can extend beyond just traditional rooftop panels onto the sides of buildings also. Just based on unbacked speculation, these types of windows would likely play a larger role in the morning and evening, when the sun is low and the rays shine more horizontally, as opposed to midday, when the sun shines down vertically from high in the sky.

Technology has always played a big role in the development of how humans harness energy. At first, there were just campfires and waterwheels. Then steam engines came along, then nuclear power ... and so forth. Technology will definitely guide future energy solutions.