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Why solar panels waste most of the sunlight they receive

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Despite sounding like the ultimate green solution, standard consumer photovoltaic cells are impressively inefficient. The vast majority of the photons that hit your roof are either reflected away or converted into useless heat rather than electricity. You are plastering your house in expensive, shiny rectangles that essentially ignore the lion's share of the brilliant star blasting them all day.

Why solar panels waste most of the sunlight they receive
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