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ClearVue goes commercial in USA with greenhouse supply

Updated: Apr 24


ClearVue glazing at Warwick Shopping Centre Credit: File

ClearVue Technologies has locked down the company’s first order in the USA for its unique solar powered window glass with a US$158,336 (A$252,000) contract to supply product for an agricultural greenhouse project in California. The order comes on the heels of ClearVue’s successful 2-year trial installation of its solar glass units at a greenhouse at Murdoch University in Perth.


The company says the order was placed for a greenhouse project in California by US-based company Greenhouse System USA (GSUSA) of Watsonville, California which has been operating for over 42 years and is a leader in greenhouse solutions in the US and Canada.


The extended trial at Murdoch University garnered global attention in the industry and created some peer industry analysis. According to ClearVue, the trial showed significant cost offsets in glasshouse operations and a capacity to produce surplus power available for storage or power reticulation to meet demand elsewhere.


The company says the Murdoch trial showed a reduction in building energy use of up to 40 per cent when compared to a conventionally glazed building, accompanied by average daily harvested energy of about 19 kWh.


This new order validates our strategy for targeting the US protected cropping market and opens an opportunity in global solar greenhouse glass currently worth US$7.5 billion per year and growing. The increasing demand for renewable energy in agriculture is bolstered by government incentives including the US Inflation Reduction Act. ClearVue Technologies global chief executive officer Martin Deil

ClearVue says it will integrate its single glazing laminate into GSUSA’s existing greenhouse structure to provide an installed generation capacity of a nominal 82kW of solar power to produce an estimated 107,000 kWh per year.


Management says the renewable energy project will lower the facility’s operating costs and reduce its carbon footprint, which makes it eligible for the US Federal Government’s Inflation Reduction Act incentives.


The company’s single glazing laminate was developed by ClearVue in collaboration with its California-based research partner D2Solar.


In 2022, ClearVue revealed it had signed a Master Services Agreement which formally engaged D2Solar for ongoing technology and product development work.


The new contract follows several recent significant milestones for ClearVue which include the co-development agreement with D2Solar, the demonstration of mass-scale manufacturing on existing glazing production lines, the results of its long-term greenhouse trial at Murdoch and the company’s inclusion of greenhouse solutions as one of its priorities to achieve short- and long-term revenue growth.


In a world that appears to have caught the green energy bug, ClearVue would appear to have the right product at the right time. Its ultimate goal is to supply energy producing glass for massive high-rise buildings, however, with a global market worth around US$7.5b a year , the solar greenhouse glass industry looks to be a pretty good stepping stone along the way.


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