The problem with solar panels is keeping them out of the shade, so what better place to put them than on a giant skyscraper? With this in mind, a new building in Manchester is about to play host to over seven thousand of them, effectively making it the biggest solar panel in the UK.
The CIS solar tower will generate 390-kilowatts of energy, or in layman's terms, enough juice to make '9,000,000 cups of tea'. A forest of wind turbines on the roof will pull in 10% of this figure.
[Via Engadget]
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