Solar Updates

Technology advances, from panel construction to voltage regulation, are making onboard solar better than ever.

BY NIGEL CALDER
BOATWORKS

Sixteen years ago, I installed solar panels on my boat. At the time, the peak efficiency at converting sunlight to electricity was around 16%. Today’s panel technologies enable substantially more energy to be harvested from a given surface area,...

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