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Colored solar panels that mimic tiles roof hit 95% efficiency compared to regular solar tiles (interestingengineering.com)
submitted 4 months ago* by to c/energy@slrpnk.net
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[–] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The ability to have energy generation from roof tiles is so damn cool!!! The solarpunk future is becoming more true every day, and I'm all for it!

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    It's a waste of money. Most of the tiles will be in shade. PV panels are better and easily replaced if damaged by weather.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    And roof installations for panels are expensive to put in and take out, and need to be taken out to replace roof shingles/tiles under them.

    This tech might end up being the best of both worlds for roof panels because they have the potential to remove the frame from the equation.

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