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Recycling isn't nearly the issue people think it is, because the "lifetime" of a panel - 20, 30 years - is not when the panel becomes useless, but when its output has dropped 20%.
abdullahkhalids
Some percentage of solar panels will become dysfunctional because of extreme weather events.
margalabargala
There is no item, person, or place on Earth for which this is not true. Few things could make something less special than saying "sometimes, this thing is destroyed by extreme weather".
abdullahkhalids
The point, which I should have stated explicitly, is that the solar panels that break should/can be recycled. And so recycling is also needed for this percentage.
westurner
If people recycle PV and TPV panels at 20% from peak/new, the effective average product lifetime is shorter given a higher rate of failure.
trainsarebetter
And that even depends on the location! panels in Arizona vs in Vancouver island are going wear at different rates!

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