An official website of the European Union How do you know?      
European Commission logo
JRC Publications Repository Menu

The Performance of Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Solar Modules after 22 Years of Continuous Outdoor Exposure

cover
The predicted or expected lifetime of a Photovoltaic module is one of the four factors, which define the costs of Photovoltaic Solar Electricity. Extensive effort has been made for more than 20 years to define, predict and assure the lifetime of Photovoltaic solar modules from the manufacturers, the research laboratories and international standards bodies. The effort to assure the lifetime and quality of PV Modules has resulted in the introduction by the International Electrochemical Commission of accelerated test procedures termed . These test procedures seek to assure based on accelerated climatic testing that Photovoltaic modules, which successfully pass these tests, would reasonably be expected to survive for 20 years in field operation.
2006-01-20
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
JRC31343
Language Citation
NameCountryCityType
Datasets
IDTitlePublic URL
Dataset collections
IDAcronymTitlePublic URL
Scripts / source codes
DescriptionPublic URL
Additional supporting files
File nameDescriptionFile type 
Show metadata record  Copy citation url to clipboard  Download BibTeX
Items published in the JRC Publications Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Additional information: https://ec.europa.eu/info/legal-notice_en#copyright-notice