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		brightball on Aug 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Semi-transparent solar panels allow concurrent pro... First I’ve heard of solar thermal. Any good links?

discreteevent on Aug 23, 2020 | [–]

Goes back years. Simplest form is a squiggly pipe behind a pane of glass. Water runs slowly through the pipe and heats up.

onionisafruit on Aug 23, 2020 | [–]

Think rooftop solar water heaters.

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