Colorful solar panels

Until now, the solar panels (photovoltaic panels) and solar thermal collector were highly visible on the roofs of houses. In this article I will show you a technology that might change it a bit.

As I found out recently, Colored Solar, a company based in US, makes solar panels in a variety of colours, e.g.:

  • green,
  • red,
  • brown,
  • gold,
  • violet,
  • pink.

They are all made from silicon policrystals.

If the solar panels have a color that closely matches the color of the roof, they stand out less. It will make the house look more pleasant, without the large black rectangles in silver frames. I wouldn’t care about this, maybe a little, because if something doesn’t stand out, than it doesn’t attract unnecessary attention. And the solar panels won’t be a target for kids’ slingshots. 😉

However, I can see how people won’t install ugly solar panels on their roofs, because it will make their houses look worse. And they worked so hard to pay for it to look impressive.

I like the three following colors the most.

Forest Green

green solar panel

These green solar panels look a bit like they were made from copper that was later covered with patina. They will look good on all the buildings that already have green roofs made from copper plates, mainly older ones (even antiques). I can imagine that people would want to install solar panels on those buildings as well as on the ones that are just being built.

This particular panel has 245 Wp power and dimensions of 1 652 mm (65 in) × 990 mm (39 in).

Tile Red and Earth Brown

red solar panel

These two colors will look great on the ceramic tiles that are very popular in Poland when it comes to covering roofs. Most tiles used here have natural colors, that come only from the clay used to make those tiles. Even if the roof is covered with steel plates, they are often manufactured so they look like ceramic tiles.

brown solar panel

Both these panels have 230 Wp and dimensions iof 1 652 mm (65 in) × 990 mm (39 in). As you can see, they produce slightly less power than the green one, while being of exactly the same dimensions.

I had to ask the company how much these will cost (on the website I found those photos and information, there’s nothing about pricing). As I found out, the prices will start from 2,39 $/Wp if the order is small. If it’s bigger, the price will be better.

I only cannot imagine a person who would want to install a golden solar panel. And why. To make the house look more impressive? 😉


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  1. Horridge Aurelia Avatar
    Horridge Aurelia

    Hello!

    I am interested about the efficiency of these coloured solar roof tiles. We live in RO and have a house at the mountain. In the winter temperature could go down to -20 C -25C degrees. Are these tiles resistant to this? Also we have big winds 60-100 km/h. Not often, but…
    For an area of about 200 mp living area how many tiles are necessary? Daily consumption of electricity is about 10-12 w per day.

    Thank you,

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