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There's an assumption that all discarded 1st world PV panels are instantly landfill. US school busses live out a happy and long afterlife in Central America. Fr
by bunabhucan 5y ago
There's an assumption that all discarded 1st world PV panels are instantly landfill. US school busses live out a happy and long afterlife in Central America. Free panels with 10-15 years of life remaining will find a home.
- kevin42 5y agoI recently bought 8kw of used solar panels dirt cheap. From the standpoint of weight and watt/sqft they aren't the best, but they worked perfectly for me, and just made it easier to add more panels than if I was buying new. From an economics standpoint, I doubt the majority of the panels will get destroyed.
- Andys 5y agoThere's a similar program here in Australia to send them to our northern neighbours like Philippines etc
- wrycoder 5y agoWhat’s with Central America and Australia? I’ll take a set right here in NH, if all I have to do is pick them up.
- g8oz 5y agoIndeed. 2nd hand panels are fueling a solar boom in Syrian rebel territory. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/world/middleeast/syria-solar-power-idlib.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/world/middleeast/syria-so...