Does anyone else feel like this is being hyped to force a "solar panel
recycling mandate"... And people are taking their panels down after 25
year ( and a 10-20% decrease in output ) "lifetime"? More likely they
are being sold a new array that exceeds their old array because they are
qualifying for a new tax credit to take advantage of and rather than
adding, they are replacing..
On 7/15/22 11:05 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
It's always about the money.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/8/23200153/solar-panel-value-recycling-renewable-energy
On 7/15/2022 12:26 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
Here's a PDF of the article in today's Merc.
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On 7/15/2022 9:53 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
The LA times has an article about CA landfills filling up with solar
panels. It is behind a paywall, so I guess I won’t read it. Sounds
like hyperbole to me. First, the all the solar panels in the state,
by volume probably don’t match a weeks’ worth of municipal solid
waste by volume, so that is hardly filling up the landfills.
Second, it hints they are toxic. Really? Glass and aluminum.
Silicon dioxide is just purified glass. Yes, they do have dopants
in them. And there is some solder but probably rohs solder.
Is there any truth to this? Secondly, why? Are there really that
many worn out solar panels? I have never had one wear out to the
point that I disposed of it. And I have had solar panels of some
sort for close to 50 years.
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