RachelGorman published Solar panels given a stained glass makeover by Nottingham Trent...

Sustainable energy no longer means compromising on style with the development of funky stained glass solar panels. Nottingham Trent University researcher Dr Dorothy Hardy has spent the past five years investigating methods of improving the appearance of the green technology - which is most commonly seen installed as large blue boxes. Her work combines traditional glass-painting techniques - from more than a 1,000 years ago - with the use of fluorescent dyes in glass panels that incorporated...