Why are more roofs not made of solar tiles?
Solar tiles were touted as an attractive alternative to solar panels - why have they not taken off?
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Notable Quotes
"a lot of the cost is actually the fact that every roof is a little bit different. And so it has to be engineered a little bit differently, installed a little bit differently."
— Deborah Learoyd , Executive
"You try to put a roofer into the equation and they're going, 'This is taking forever. I'm losing money. I could have sold 10 roofing jobs in the time that it takes me to sell this one'."
— Kate Collardson , Executive
"The reason why all solar cells are black, and increasingly the whole panel is now black, is because black is the best absorbing colour."
— Ben Graves , Executive
Key People
Graves is the co-founder of the UK solar company Sunsave.
Learoyd is the CEO and managing director of Freesuns, a solar company.
Collardson handles operations for the Solar Service of Colorado, a solar maintenance and inspection company.
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Solar tiles were touted as an attractive alternative to solar panels - why have they not taken off?
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