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Colored solar panels that mimic tiles roof hit 95% efficiency compared to regular solar tiles
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this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2026
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Man, that is a hugely misleading headline when casually glanced over. Not 95% efficiency; 95% of other panels....
Typical panels are about 20-24% efficient. So these roof tiles are like 19-22.5%. Not bad.
Edit: didn't knew OP added the "compared to regular panels part". Disregard the rest of this comment.
I think is a good title, it's tells how compare against regular solar panels. Saying their absolute efficiency wouldn't really tell a lot because not everyone knows what means having a 20% efficiency.
Do they hit 95% of regular solar tiles efficiency? Or do they hit 95% efficiency, while regular solar tiles hit (presumably) less?
It is a clickbait title because it offers more than one interpretation. One is reasonable (and correct), but not punchy. The other is outlandish (and wrong) but draws the reader in on the off chance that it might be right. Hence the subsequent disappointment in the headline.
If you only see the "correct" interpretation, more power to you: you weren't baited and thus had nothing to be disappointed by.
But the headline is, objectively, phrased to bait the click from a wide swath of readers who question if the "incorrect" interpretation just might be true.