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King Calls Solar Panel Firm Plaque Unveiling 'Disaster'
King Charles praised Oxford PV's solar panels that are over 20% more efficient, urging faster clean energy adoption during his visit to the company’s R&D site.
- On Friday, King Charles III visited Oxford Photovoltaics Limited at Pioneer Park in Yarnton to tour next-generation solar technology and meet the executive team developing advanced perovskite-based panels.
- Founded in 2010 as an Oxford University spin-out, Oxford Photovoltaics specializes in perovskite-on-silicon tandem technology, which delivers at least 20 percent more power than standard silicon panels.
- The 77-year-old monarch viewed laboratory components and joked about a "disaster" after a plaque tumbled during an unveiling, praising the firm's work as "wonderful" and "so vitally needed."
- Urging the firm to "speed up the transition" from fossil fuels to renewable energy, King Charles emphasized the project's importance while noting his own eco-fuel use in his Aston Martin.
- With a portfolio of more than 400 granted patents, the enterprise aims to make perovskite solar technology mainstream for global energy markets, as chief executive David Ward confirmed they are shipping "pilot volumes" to customers.
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King suffers ‘disaster’ while unveiling plaque during visit to solar panel firm
Charles was shown the research and development lab of Oxford PV.
·London, United Kingdom
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