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We had a few of these projects in the Netherlands. It is nice, until it isn’t. The solar panels are more vulnerable than tiles, they will degrade or need repair
by spockz 4y ago
We had a few of these projects in the Netherlands. It is nice, until it isn’t. The solar panels are more vulnerable than tiles, they will degrade or need repairs/replacing. The mechanism for sealing it up will leak. The format of the panels and or the inverter was proprietary. Or the connection was and you couldn’t retrofit another inverter. It wasn’t a good experience.
- VBprogrammer 4y agoSounds like there are a few things being mixed in there. I'm not really that convinced that solar panels are any more subject to damage than they would otherwise be. Maybe you gain a little in terms leak proofing by having a normal roof underneath but it's a lot of material for a marginal gain. Typically roofs these days are constructed with an impermeable plastic sheeting which is waterproof in its own right but requires protection from the elements (particularly the sun). It's impressive that they managed to make a DC electrical connection proprietary though!