/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/solar-shingles-are-a-promising-alternative-to-solar-panelsGAF Energy recently launched Timberline Solar, which contains solar cells within a shingle. (Image Credit: GAF Energy) This is what I want to see everywhere. A simple solar solution - deployable over every roof. What if, instead of traditional shing.en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/solar-shingles-are-a-promising-alternative-to-solar-panelsFri, 07 Jan 2022 05:56:27 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:bd0b6765-ecc4-462d-a82f-d59d06e5e113ralphjy1<p>It will be interesting to see how well these perform.&nbsp; Too bad that they didn&#39;t have specs on their website.</p> <p>I found these specs on an Australian site:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/nailable-solar-shingle-mb2302/">https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/nailable-solar-shingle-mb2302/</a></p> <p>Dimensions: 1,632 x 435 x 26mm<br />Weight: 4.58kg<br />Avg. ambient temperature range: -40&deg;C &ndash; 50&deg;C<br />Capacity: 45W<br />Cell type: Monocrystalline PERC<br />Temperature Coefficient (Voc) -0.30%/&deg;C<br />Temperature Coefficient (Pmax)-0.39%/&deg;C</p> <p>Don&#39;t know if these &quot;gleaned&quot; specs are accurate, but if they are - it would take 114 shingles to replace the 18 panels in my system which would require 4X the area that my panels occupy.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=22704&AppID=4&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">