Solar Panels Will Soon Be Obsolete

Today s solar panels are not going the way of the rotary phone or console tv anytime soon.

Solar panels will soon be obsolete.

Solar panels are no different. A system you install today will continue to function for the 25 years of expected life of the equipment and will continue to produce the. However this is no longer the case. They wear out get obsolete.

Researchers at the university of michigan have made a discovery that could render semi conductor based solar cells obsolete. I don t think so. If you saw a house with solar panels you imagined that they were either overly concerned about climate change or overspent on power. Customers regularly ask me how soon will my solar panels become obsolete or should i plan on replacing my panels when the technology gets better.

If you can afford it you ll probably upgrade to save the value of your house even if the. Panel technology is improving but very slowly. Today virtually everything that most people think they know about solar energy is completely obsolete and outdated. 2 bipv solar technology.

In 2010 the global solar photovoltaic pv installed cost 4 70 per watt. The solar energy landscape has changed so much in terms of costs and. I ve been a bit surprised that i ve seen little discussion on this forum or in the press on the probability that parts of the tesla s will become obsolete pretty quickly. And if you think you ll keep them that long imagine how they ll look next to your neighbor s new ones designed to look and perform much better.

This will have a drastic impact on california landfills as the current wave of panels become obsolete. By 2019 that cost dropped 78 to just 1 per watt. By the time the plant opened in 2015 the increased efficiency of cheap solar panels had already surpassed its technology and today it s obsolete the latest panels can pump out power at a. M not particularly techy but for example it seems to me that the center console jumbo ipad and related connectivity is little different from a regular ipad and will become glaringly obsolete and frustrating relative to the.

Building integrated photovoltaics as the name suggests seamlessly blend into building architecture in the form of roofs canopies curtain walls facades and skylight systems unlike traditional solar pv panels bipv can be aesthetically appealing rather than a compromise to a building s design. And to think we we re supposed to buy all those solar panels and.