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The black sheep of the solar industry

Relabeled: A manufacturer supplies relabeled modules – a case of black sheep or white sheep? pv magazine tells the tale of a suspect batch of modules delivered in 2014, in the latest case study examining ill practices in the solar industry.

Imagine the scene: A module manufacturer first delivers panels with a lower wattage rating than ordered. When the replacement shipment arrives, the dealer says that the modules had obviously been relabeled. Old nameplates lying crumpled in the boxes indicate that the modules were neither the watt class nor the type of panels ordered. This rankled …

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