Featured in The energy access issue – 07-2020

Older modules for reuse, not refuse

Faulty modules and failures can destroy a PV project’s economics. But the modules themselves should not be destroyed, argues Eszter Voroshazi, the R&D manager of photovoltaics and energy systems at imec. She believes that modules can find a useful second life in price-sensitive solar markets.

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Jonathan Gifford

13 Jul 2020

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Imec R&D manager Eszter Voroshazi has led the institute’s research work on second-life pathways for solar PV modules. Image: imec Why do you believe that it is important to facilitate the development of a second-life market for solar PV modules?It is crucial in the sense that we can make PV affordable for communities – it …

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