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Re:Paper-Thin Solar Makes Any Surface Photovoltaic by ajsnigrutin on Thursday December 22, 2022 @05:08PM (#34099505)
I'd rather have 5x the power and find a few kilos somewhere else to save.

If efficiencies were within a few percents.. sure.. but when we're talking about a factor of 5+, it doesn't seem to be worth it.

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Re:Paper-Thin Solar Makes Any Surface Photovoltaic by Retric on Friday December 23, 2022 @07:32AM (#34105099)
If by 5x the power you mean 1kw then your up into the 70kg/150lb range for the panels and brackets which isn’t that easy to shave.
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