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Default Solar PV - reasons why not in a nutshell please

On Jun 14, 1:40*pm, "dennis@home"
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"Man at B&Q" wrote in ...









On Jun 13, 8:23 pm, harry wrote:
On Jun 13, 10:32 am, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:


On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:51:25 -0700 (PDT), Jim K wrote:
You probably need to get him to look at things like trusting HMG
not
to change the FIT rules over the next 20 to 25 years?


are we assuming the install will still work by then? ;)


Another good point. What is the expected, realistic, life of the
panels? How will their efficiency have changed?


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Cheers
Dave.


Efficiency is guaranteed for educe by less than1%/year.
There are 40yr old ones running @ 80% of original output.


Were thay mass produced and made down to a price?


Of course they were.
Look at all the other mass produced electronics, its cheap and reliable.


PV arrays 40 years ago? I would say it was a niche market and nothing
like the cost cutting that is going on now.

MBQ