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PV panels do lose a lot of efficiency as they heat up (they get extremely hot due their dark surface in direct sunshine). I believe there are some combined PV/thermal panels being developed so that the heat can be conducted away with the double benefit of better pv performance and hot water. I was wondering if anybody has had any experience of these combined panels. I suppose they may be pretty expensive.
 

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