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Solar Panel Waste

• dwighttk 8y ago
  After reading this, I looked around at some home solar panel companies and none of them talk about the life expectancy of their panels (that I could find.)
  • philipkglass 8y ago
    Do you mean that you looked at home solar panel installation companies or at manufacturers? It's the manufacturers who provide module life expectancy estimates/assurance. You want to look at the product warranty and the power warranty for modules: https://www.solar-estimate.org/solar-panels-101/how-to-understand-and-compare-solar-panel-warranties https://www.solar-estimate.org/solar-panels-101/how-to-under... These values are typically disclosed in the module data sheet: https://www.lg.com/us/business/download/resources/BT00002151/BT00002151_2830.pdf https://www.lg.com/us/business/download/resources/BT00002151... LG, SunPower, Panasonic, and perhaps some other premium manufacturers are offering 25 year combined product-and-power warranties. It's becoming more common as durability improves. More typical at present is a 10 year product warranty with a 25 year power warranty, like this module from REC offers: https://www.recgroup.com/sites/default/files/documents/ds_rec_twinpeak_2_series_ul_rev_f_eng.pdf https://www.recgroup.com/sites/default/files/documents/ds_re...
    • dwighttk 8y ago
      nice, I was looking at installation companies.