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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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[–] inari@piefed.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a really cool idea. Natural lighting + power generation

[–] Hakuso@scribe.disroot.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

I was hoping for it to be manageable on a greenhouse, though they hadn't published any specs on light quality after it passed through them, so no idea if it would have been good for the plants.