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Thomas Ricker
Red solar panels cometh.

Instead of defacing clay tile roofs with standard blue or black solar panels, these 400W double-glass panels from Austria-based Sonnenkraft are available in terracota red, yet still claim a 20.02 percent conversion efficiency.

I guess Tesla is still working out the kinks with its red roof solution promised back in 2016.

Sonnenkraft’s Terracota solar panels installed on the rooftop of an historic monument.
Sonnenkraft’s Terracota solar panels installed on the rooftop of an historic monument.
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