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New solar roof emulates asphalt shingles, right down to the nails

Enlarge / Installers nail GAF Energy’s new solar shingles to a demonstration house. (credit: GAF Energy) A new solar technology introduced yesterday at CES could bring power-producing roofs mainstream by relying on an old building material—nails. For years, homeowners who wanted solar power have stripped their old roofs of shingles, added new ones, and then […]