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Goodbye to the idea that solar panels “die” after 25 years. A new study says the warranty does not mark the end, and real-world performance can last for decades (www.ecoticias.com)

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

We have some 25yo panels around, small 25-40W ones. They usually die because the diode goes (which is fixable) or one of the traces in the back gets water in it and it shorts. We're probably down to about 2 out of 10, and those were high quality panels at the time.

And for what we paid for one 40W panel then, you could buy 2000W worth today.

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

The development in recent years has been insane. I'm positively astounded.