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3D solar towers generate up to 20 times more power than flat panels

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We’re used to seeing big arrays of flat solar panels used to generate electricity, but a group of MIT researchers has discovered that a flat panel is not the most efficient way to capture the sun’s energy.

By using lots of smaller panels set at different angles on a tower, they found they can generate from 2 to 20 times as much juice as a flat panel with the same footprint.
via DVICE

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