Friday, October 26, 2012

30-Year-Old Solar Module Performing to Factory Specs

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Martin Halloway, a green building designer, had been living without electricity for five years before he purchased his first solar panel in 1980.  This exact module, an Arco Solar 16-2000, 33 Watt solar panel, was manufactured in 1979. In 2010, Halloway decided to bring the solar panel down from his roof after 30 years to test it out.  It was an od

URL: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2012/10/solar-panels-outliving-their-warra?cmpid=rss

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