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Colored solar panels that mimic tiles roof hit 95% efficiency compared to regular solar tiles
(interestingengineering.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2026
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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!
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.
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.
Tell me they're not shiny enough to melt vinyl siding and I'm sold.