Featured in The Outback flowers – 10-2016

Solar shingles shine again

Rooftop applications: Great idea, huge potential market, tough nut to crack. Solar shingles have been spoken of and introduced to the PV market at various times over the past five years. But none have flown. pv magazine ’s Charles W. Thurston re-examines that market to see whether solar shingles can finally shine.
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Charles W. Thurston

The unduly under-appreciated solar shingle finally got a solid media boost this month, when Elon Musk announced undated plans to begin producing them at his new factory in Buffalo. Former manufacturer Dow had exited the market, apparently unable to find the right price point, and new entrants were still wary of publicity on products still …

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