Form-fitting solar panel for roofs and roof vents

A roof member configured to form a portion of the top surface of a roof, the roof member made by a method comprising:

• providing a roof member body having a surface, wherein the body comprises a roof tile or shingle, the roof tile supported on one or more battens, the roof tile or shingle overlapping a portion of an adjacent roof tile or shingle;
• providing a flexible, form-fitting solar panel, wherein the solar panel comprises a cushioned-backing material, a flexible sheet on the cushioned-backing material, and a solar cell on the flexible sheet, wherein the solar cell, flexible sheet, and cushioned-backing material of the solar panel are each flexible to cooperatively bend while joined together, to stably conform to different curved shapes of roof tiles or shingles, including curved shapes of S-shaped tiles and M-shaped tiles;
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• securing the cushioned-backing material of the solar panel to the surface of the roof member body such that the solar panel substantially conforms to the surface.