This isn't related to the clear solar panels from the article, but there's been significant research on this for traditional solar panels as well as solar concentrators.
Bottom line is, the mix of panels makes sense for northern cities (e.g. Albany) but not middle (e.g. St. Louis) or southern (e.g. San Diego).
Bottom line is, the mix of panels makes sense for northern cities (e.g. Albany) but not middle (e.g. St. Louis) or southern (e.g. San Diego).
There's a great writeup with links to the raw data at http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2012/08/solar-data-treas... (this entire blog is amazing).