Jesse Peltan:
"There is no reason solar panels can't last for 40+ years.
These panels in Switzerland were installed in 1982, and they're STILL producing at 80% capacity."
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Jesse Peltan:
"There is no reason solar panels can't last for 40+ years.
These panels in Switzerland were installed in 1982, and they're STILL producing at 80% capacity."
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in reply to Felix Hamer • electricfelix • • •what's their efficiency though? Panels in 1982 were like... 5-15% depending on the type? You can replace those for cheap with recently retired industrial panels and get 2x
Solar panels *can* last 40 years, but it often doesn't make economic sense to keep them that long. At least not until we stop making performance gains altogether.