Will start today with renewable energy and, specifically, with the sunlight which is used to generate electricity through photovoltaics. It is a process when photons – the components of sunlight – are absorbed into a solar cell of photovoltaic panel to produce power. The PV panels are becoming increasingly popular in the world, especially in Europe. According to the European Photovoltaic Industry Association, the global growth rate of PV has reached almost 70 per cent in the previous year. Now, scientists in Latvia have developed a new technology which boosts the efficiency of the PV panels. A high-tech company has designed a special coating on glass used in solar panels and it can increase the output of electricity by almost 6 per cent – a significant number for those in the industry. Ģederts Ģelzis reports from Riga.