@@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.
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.
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.
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. :)
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 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...
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!
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 :-)
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.
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.
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! 👍🏽👏🏽💜☺️
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 ...
@@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.
@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.
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.
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
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.
@@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
@@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"
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
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 :)
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
@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...
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.
This is amazing and exclusively creative. Thanks for initiating our imagination to look out for better ways of maximizing things for functionality. Well done.
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.
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
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?
@@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.
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. 😊
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!!!
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?).
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...😅
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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👍🏻
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.
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
@@SolarControlFilms i have solutions that are far better and am disappointed when I see terrible TED talks like this put focus on that which is politically popular yet utterly ridiculous. If you wish to combat climate change with solar cells you would need to make them 4000% more efficient for 1/10 the cost and waste (disposal + manufacturing) which is practically impossible due to the laws of physics. Nuclear is the only good option that is feasible today.
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.
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?
Designer + Solar is a big red flag for me. It invariably ends up in some ridiculously unfeasible ideas... Expensive minuscule ornaments masquerading as solar cells; tiny, inaccessible green houses; and how much power is actually produced by those nice looking windows you no longer can look out of? That table was really nice though, however I'm not sure I'd want that outside, looks kind of expensive.
exactly my thoughts. Most of this makes no sense, which is exactly why it doesn't exist. How does it make sense to put panels in the windows of greenhouses if all the energy you collect means that that energy is being blocked from entering the greenhouse. Direct sunlight generates soooo much more energy than diffused light caught indoors by the walls or the ceiling, that's why we put them on roofs. It's good to think about what the possibilities are, but logic wise we should first fill the roofs and make light-farms before doing anything else with solar panels because it makes no fucking sense. Sorry for the rant, I just think she should be honest and say: Hey, I know it makes no fucking sense to put solar panels in your lampshades, but concept-wise it's pretty funny, which makes it art, and not technological advancement.
I agree with you that these seem a bit utopian, un-applicable to our lives now and probably carry with them the massive cost of expensive materials and "high design". But I do think that you need these types of people working and creating. They give unconventional products and ideas the initial introduction. I am willing to bet many other engineers and designers are already building off these ideas. Always a good idea to see if different materials and techs can be symbiotic right?
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.
i lived for 14 years with a 250 watt solar panel as my main energy source. My current energy bill is around 10 euro monthly.I own a washing machine and a fridge. i have engineer friends who install solar from mega to single home size. they designed and produced a small scale press to make a natural diesel. dedicated hard core environmentalists with acute awareness of personal carbon footprint. We all are, independently, slowly coming to the conclusion, that solar is not an eco friendly solution. The problem is the destruction that comes with the harvesting of the materials.We are harvesting bad materials now in huge quantities to respond to the demand for solar. This will be "plastic" all over again. if you can eliminate batteries would already be a big step in pushing back pollution. I am all for independent energy supply, personal solar power, yes. i was off grid for 14 years. But do the honest, real math, without any political bias. Current solar technology is just as bad as coal or oil. A reformed friend is writing a book about it.With the math. i can imagine an artist creating beautiful patterns with the huge solar arrays that are appearing everywhere in the landscape now, where there used to be green fields. But that would be an exception.To supply Holland with solar and wind, we have to cover every inch of it in solar arrays. not a good idea. Wind energy has even bigger problems, same cause. And it will cost billions if not a trillion in Holland alone. with nuclear, your personal energy bill will drop spectacularly. So, though i hate to say it, for large infrastructure the short term solution should be nuclear energy. I am of the generation to whom nuclear energy catastrophies were equalled with nuclear detonation (atom bomb). Chernobyl shows us that the effects are much less than we were made to believe. solving the Co2 crisis and preserving the landscape are the priority goals. there will be a nuclear accident somewhere on the planet. But the risk it will hit you, is just as great as getting into your car everyday. Apart from the close vicinity to the meltdown, radiation levels in the 30 km radius at Chernobyl are now no more than those you pick up at a transatlantic flight at 10km hight. Do long distance pilots get diseases related to radiation? though i hope that technology in solar will develop to be eco friendly, for the moment it is an unfolding disaster. i understand that she, as an artist, or just because she believes the same as I used to believe (and l i v e -) for decades, does not want to think too much about this. i appreciate the creativity, but the enthousiasm makes me think of when the "wonder material" plastic was introduced. if we go nuclear, or for an equally efficient energy source, we can grow plants where they were supposed to be growing in the first place, in the ground.
to answer my own question: " Do long distance pilots get diseases related to radiation?" yes, they get skin cancer more frequently. Yet, inside the 30km radius of Chernobyl, wildlife is thriving.Wolves, which indicates a food chain is in place from low to high.We have to wait another 50 years and monitor this wildlife. And we have 50 years to come with a solution (alternative energy source) for this relatively small problem. No reason to plaster the country with solar panels.
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.
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.
It will look like sci-fi movie if every house roof is solar roof which is able generate electricty for entire home.. i like the idea of transperant solar panels n with desired colors.. it will be awesome to see one of them.. I beleive research should be made on making solar panels causing no environmental pollution too..👍👍👍 I wish my house roof turned to be solar one, but can’t afford them.. when it comes ti veggies it is better to grow them in healthy environment on land itself for our good health.. Raise of Urbanisation and real estate are the main reasons to decay in agriculture land.. due to advancement of technologies we are eating hybrid vegetables which have no nutrients protiens and taste tooo... Hope everyone agree with me on this point
Yes you can charge your cell phone with solar. The problem is battery technology has not yet caught up. When the sun goes down you can’t don’t much of anything that requires electricity. No laundry air conditioning not cooking, the list goes on. Renewable energy is something we certainly are striving for. But we are a long ways from achieving it.
UGH! I went on top of this hill and this house on the bottom of the hill has a solar panel that reflects a lot of light. It’s blinding and if I get close to it, it feels hot. It’s like radiating heat or something. What would happen if EVERY home has solar? Aren’t there drawbacks? I know there are drawbacks to everything. This all sounds nice but it seems unrealistic.
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A roof without solar is an unfinished roof.
what's with the troll?
@@SolarControlFilms be nice to david, give him a chance to think things through
@@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.
@@lilithanonymu425 The federal Govt pays for it, you think we need to beg Jeff Bezos for his tax $ to pay for it? Hah!
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.
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.
@Hello Harold Baker, How are you doing?
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. :)
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 :)
Don't rest at being hopeful, please ♡ We need to demand the politicians of our cities, states, countries, to implement these things.
@@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...
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 TED talk sparked a dream I once had when I first started my path into sustainability, thank you for reminding me of it
Thank you Marjan, hopefully you'll make big difference in world
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 :-)
it depends in a city environment when theres a lot of skyscrapers blockin light, it may not be economical
Wonderful speech, Marjan. Hope to see your work flourish.
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.
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.
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! 👍🏽👏🏽💜☺️
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 ...
Can you already buy the table online? I think it looks amazing
lars van dijk
: And how much does it cost?
@@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.
@Iamathiest butiamgood no, it's a fraud.
Exactly the kind of thing we need! Great work! :D Keep it up!
I on the same way to you
NUCLEAR POWER NOW!
@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.
Design works when it is unnoticeable"
I agree with her
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.
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
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.
@@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
@@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"
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
It is crucial to apply aesthetics to design solutions. Thank you for this talk, Marjan!
really glad that we've been getting more science related videos again recently
Yeah, about time
This isn't science it's design and science fiction...
Nothing to be proud of.. it's more likely a fraud
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 :)
Now is the best time to explore alternate energy sources. Great opportunity. Especially solar energy which is basically free!
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
Solar LIGHT is free. When you have to convert it into useable energy, it becomes a whole different cost picture...
@@janvanput Ok then Coal, Gas and Uranium is also "free" as long as we dont convert them into usable energy :D
omg she and this project are so cool! So many opportunities for diversity and art. Something that could make a really strong cultural impact!
Integration destroys culture.
@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...
@@biggus6633 changes, not destroy. too much fear involved.
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.
This is amazing and exclusively creative. Thanks for initiating our imagination to look out for better ways of maximizing things for functionality.
Well done.
Dear Marjan van Aubel, you are doing a very important job. Thank you very much!
She is changing the world
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.
One of my favorite TED talks tbh
You should look into the one that talks about Nuclear Power
I love your work, joining art and technology
@Hello Abed Elkassih, How are you doing?
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
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?
@@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.
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.
😊
Good explanation👌👍👏👏👏
Brilliant talk. Brilliant designs.
I love seeing this coming into play
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!
Change is inevitable!
These are the kind of videos that make me happy amidst all the depressing climate change ones.
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.
Talks like these contribute to make it viable by economies of scale. Just like Tesla roadster came before the model S.
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.
would have been nice if you had mentioned where you can find these products too.
I loved this video, keep the work!
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.
I liked that she doesn't want to rely on government.
The fact that she makes beautiful and fictional designs is awesome.
at this point it's very clear no government is willing to step up and do anything of real impact.
@@FranciscoSciaraffia true.
Nice. Amazing. Thanks for doing this....
We went solar last week and it's an amazing sight when you see that dial going backwards
Check the dial on your wallet for a quite different experience
@@PLF... sorry but I don't understand
i loved your speech. i wish you well.
Solar panels take up so much space. You'd have to remove the creatures inhabiting the space also. Creatures live in deserts too
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.
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
great innovative works. Best of luck
Apply the technology to the windshield and sunroof of electric cars
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!!!
I would like to know who makes a 44% efficient solar panel that would be really nice to know.
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?).
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...😅
Spoken from men. I love my roof. But I'm a woman and artist 😉
@@bonnieblenders4606 It's about esthetic preferences, not gender or artistic background, thankyouverymuch.
@Manny Santiago It DOES matter to SOME people, and if this can help more people embrace it, I'm all for it.
What a brilliant technology, thanks mam
Great work!!
IMHO solar panels of any color/kind are BEAUTIFUL!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Who said solar panels are ugly? I love that dark blue color of those PV cells.
its hard to explain my feeling towards your brain & personality. I admire you, I hope one day I can meet you :) Thanks
Thanks, very smart approach. I still love my old flat rectangular panels.
could you please come up with some numbers of performance of your creation to your presentation.
44.5% eff...... divide that by 2 and get the actual best performing panels.
Realistically it's 20-30% efficency for a good solid fixed position solar panel
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.
SunPower solar PV panels are also Cradle to Cradle Certified for clean chemistry, clean disassembly and remanufacturing in a "circular economy".
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
37% now.
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👍🏻
Wow! This is awesome. How can someone setup a small plant in Pakistan to make solar panels you design?
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.
so cool
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.
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What's up with all the negative comments? People help create solutions & implement them. If you have no solution; then implement the ones offered.
@@SolarControlFilms not if its not going to change anything...
@@SolarControlFilms i have solutions that are far better and am disappointed when I see terrible TED talks like this put focus on that which is politically popular yet utterly ridiculous. If you wish to combat climate change with solar cells you would need to make them 4000% more efficient for 1/10 the cost and waste (disposal + manufacturing) which is practically impossible due to the laws of physics. Nuclear is the only good option that is feasible today.
Solar is a nice thought, but until you find an effective way to store that energy on mass it's a pipe dream
This is so cool.
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Great Idea!
Top notch
You make great job
Bravo! Wonderful
Brilliant!
Love it !
Awesome thx!
@Hello Rick Harold, How are you doing?
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.
How we can buy this invisible soler cell. Is this available for everyone?
how could we deal with the solar panels toxin during production and after use?
Recycle it
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?
Jelani Olamina Solar for Idiots and Solar for Gullible. They say the same thing.
Amazing!
Designer + Solar is a big red flag for me. It invariably ends up in some ridiculously unfeasible ideas...
Expensive minuscule ornaments masquerading as solar cells; tiny, inaccessible green houses; and how much power is actually produced by those nice looking windows you no longer can look out of?
That table was really nice though, however I'm not sure I'd want that outside, looks kind of expensive.
exactly my thoughts. Most of this makes no sense, which is exactly why it doesn't exist. How does it make sense to put panels in the windows of greenhouses if all the energy you collect means that that energy is being blocked from entering the greenhouse. Direct sunlight generates soooo much more energy than diffused light caught indoors by the walls or the ceiling, that's why we put them on roofs.
It's good to think about what the possibilities are, but logic wise we should first fill the roofs and make light-farms before doing anything else with solar panels because it makes no fucking sense.
Sorry for the rant, I just think she should be honest and say: Hey, I know it makes no fucking sense to put solar panels in your lampshades, but concept-wise it's pretty funny, which makes it art, and not technological advancement.
I agree with you that these seem a bit utopian, un-applicable to our lives now and probably carry with them the massive cost of expensive materials and "high design". But I do think that you need these types of people working and creating. They give unconventional products and ideas the initial introduction. I am willing to bet many other engineers and designers are already building off these ideas. Always a good idea to see if different materials and techs can be symbiotic right?
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.
Wooooow what an idea.. as soon as I heard it and saw it
i lived for 14 years with a 250 watt solar panel as my main energy source.
My current energy bill is around 10 euro monthly.I own a washing machine and a fridge.
i have engineer friends who install solar from mega to single home size.
they designed and produced a small scale press to make a natural diesel.
dedicated hard core environmentalists with acute awareness of personal carbon footprint.
We all are, independently, slowly coming to the conclusion, that solar is not an eco friendly solution. The problem is the destruction that comes with the harvesting of the materials.We are harvesting bad materials now in huge quantities to respond to the demand for solar. This will be "plastic" all over again.
if you can eliminate batteries would already be a big step in pushing back pollution.
I am all for independent energy supply, personal solar power, yes. i was off grid for 14 years.
But do the honest, real math, without any political bias. Current solar technology is just as bad as coal or oil. A reformed friend is writing a book about it.With the math.
i can imagine an artist creating beautiful patterns with the huge solar arrays that are appearing everywhere in the landscape now, where there used to be green fields. But that would be an exception.To supply Holland with solar and wind, we have to cover every inch of it in solar arrays. not a good idea.
Wind energy has even bigger problems, same cause.
And it will cost billions if not a trillion in Holland alone.
with nuclear, your personal energy bill will drop spectacularly.
So, though i hate to say it, for large infrastructure the short term solution should be nuclear energy. I am of the generation to whom nuclear energy catastrophies were equalled with nuclear detonation (atom bomb).
Chernobyl shows us that the effects are much less than we were made to believe.
solving the Co2 crisis and preserving the landscape are the priority goals.
there will be a nuclear accident somewhere on the planet. But the risk it will hit you, is just as great as getting into your car everyday. Apart from the close vicinity to the meltdown, radiation levels in the 30 km radius at Chernobyl are now no more than those you pick up at a transatlantic flight at 10km hight. Do long distance pilots get diseases related to radiation?
though i hope that technology in solar will develop to be eco friendly, for the moment it is an unfolding disaster.
i understand that she, as an artist, or just because she believes the same as I used to believe (and l i v e -) for decades, does not want to think too much about this. i appreciate the creativity, but the enthousiasm makes me think of when the "wonder material" plastic was introduced.
if we go nuclear, or for an equally efficient energy source, we can grow plants where they were supposed to be growing in the first place, in the ground.
to answer my own question: " Do long distance pilots get diseases related to radiation?" yes, they get skin cancer more frequently. Yet, inside the 30km radius of Chernobyl, wildlife is thriving.Wolves, which indicates a food chain is in place from low to high.We have to wait another 50 years and monitor this wildlife. And we have 50 years to come with a solution (alternative energy source) for this relatively small problem.
No reason to plaster the country with solar panels.
Mind blowing..😘..I love this woman
beautiful land fills of old solar panels
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.
Kaleb Markstrom nuclear is the only solution
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.
Great work, how do we get more information? We have a 15,000 SF warehouse with a flat roof; we need to start harvesting.
fabulous
It will look like sci-fi movie if every house roof is solar roof which is able generate electricty for entire home.. i like the idea of transperant solar panels n with desired colors.. it will be awesome to see one of them.. I beleive research should be made on making solar panels causing no environmental pollution too..👍👍👍
I wish my house roof turned to be solar one, but can’t afford them.. when it comes ti veggies it is better to grow them in healthy environment on land itself for our good health..
Raise of Urbanisation and real estate are the main reasons to decay in agriculture land.. due to advancement of technologies we are eating hybrid vegetables which have no nutrients protiens and taste tooo... Hope everyone agree with me on this point
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!
VERY informative and interesting Marian van aubel
FIRST COMMENT :)
This is great, i love it
I love solar energy! It brought us COAL!
Awesome!!! 👏
Yes you can charge your cell phone with solar. The problem is battery technology has not yet caught up. When the sun goes down you can’t don’t much of anything that requires electricity. No laundry air conditioning not cooking, the list goes on. Renewable energy is something we certainly are striving for. But we are a long ways from achieving it.
Stupendous 👍
UGH! I went on top of this hill and this house on the bottom of the hill has a solar panel that reflects a lot of light. It’s blinding and if I get close to it, it feels hot. It’s like radiating heat or something. What would happen if EVERY home has solar? Aren’t there drawbacks? I know there are drawbacks to everything. This all sounds nice but it seems unrealistic.
I can across this video on Ewans energy roadmap - there are many great videos there that will help out
I'd love to see solar continue to improve, to the point that it creates less waste (via expended panels).
Recycling.
i think it's too early to talk about "aesthetics." I think we should prioritize efficiency, cost reduction and storage.
True
It is never too early to talk about aesthetics.
A strange comment 'Not only for those who can afford sustainable lifestyle' Shouldn't that disturb us? Great presentation
The more efficient and cheap and realistic this technology becomes the better.