Featured in Connected to quality – 04-2020

Investigations continue

Since 2014, pv magazine has investigated cases reported from our readers of PV projects where various issues related to installation and component quality have caused construction delays, failures or underperformance. The most recent of these demonstrate the breadth of quality issues that can arise.
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A solar plant built by Enel in Australia. | Image: Enel Green Power

Image: Supplied on condition of anonymity Image: Supplied on condition of anonymity Oakey blown over In what appeared to be a textbook example of torsional galloping, the Oakey 2 PV project in Australia’s northeast suffered severe damage. The 55 MW project was hit by heavy weather toward the end of 2018, and much of the …

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