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Colored solar panels that mimic tiles roof hit 95% efficiency compared to regular solar tiles (interestingengineering.com)

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's poorly worded but anyone that thinks panels are anything close to 95% wasn't paying attention. Even hydro power which just gravity and a turbine barely achieves 95%

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But heat pumps are over 100%.

[–] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 2 points 3 weeks ago

If you compare moving heat with making heat, you’re going to get pretty absurd numbers anyway.