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Pirates of the PV industry

Product piracy is a well-known threat in many industries, and in solar the risk posed by poor quality products from disreputable manufacturers making their way onto rooftops and other PV installations should not be underestimated. With manufacturers investing in solutions to protect against inferior products bearing their logo, pv magazine looks at the size of the problem.

By

Mark Hutchins

15 Jun 2020

Image: Hanwha Q Cells

Estimating the impact of product piracy in the solar industry is not easy to do. Since the price of a PV module is typically based on its measured output, it may appear that there is no immediate advantage for a ‘pirate’ producer in fraudulently slapping the logo of a more reputable manufacturer onto its own …

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