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Originally Posted by RickS
I'd heard that too and occasionally wondered if it was true. Here's an interesting and apparently informed view:
http://www.csudh.edu/oliver/smt310-h.../pvpayback.htm. The article is 10 years old, so presumably the overall equation is even better now.
Cheers,
Rick. |
Very interesting article, an energy payback of the order of 5 to 6 years is "reasonable", certainly better than exceeding the expected lifetime of the panel.
The "paint on" technology mentioned later in this thread certainly looks very promising.