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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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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 22 hours ago

fun fact: buying a plot of land and building solar panels there is cheaper than building solar panels on the roof, if you do it large-scale. like 1 MW each. even though you use extra land area. the reason is mostly how costly it is to climb on roofs and do construction work there.