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New ways to catch some rays

Photovoltaics may generate clean electricity, but they’re expensive and difficult to integrate with a building’s fabric. Will the next generation of PV technologies tackle these problems? Travel round mainland Europe and you’ll find photovoltaic panels everywhere — in fields, on houses, and on crinkly-tin sheds. Germany leads the way, with 240,000 PV units installed last [...]

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