Solar modules are getting bigger, thinner, and more powerful. But from Texas to Thailand, the same problem is appearing: broken glass. Not from hail or mishandling, but from cracks that spider from frame edges, splinter near clamps, and web across modules.
From pv magazine 6/25 Clean Energy Associates has investigated glass breakages at utility-scale solar sites across three continents. It has found that there isn’t a single root cause, but a perfect storm: thinner glass combined with design shortcuts, evolving materials, and field realities that stress modules beyond what was simulated in the lab.
We have seen cases of the glass in solar panels (photovoltaic [PV] modules) breaking differently, and more often, than it did 5 years ago. There have been many changes to PV module design and materials in that time. Several changes have increased the risk of glass breakage. But there is probably no single change that is responsible for the problem.
Double-glass PV modules undergo a lamination process, where two sheets of glass encase the solar cells. During this step, heat and pressure bond the materials together. If the process is not precisely controlled, edge pinch can occur—where the glass edges become compressed unevenly, creating built-in stress. Edge pinch and resultant stress.
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Solar modules are getting bigger, thinner, and more powerful. But from Texas to Thailand, the same problem is appearing: broken …
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Solar modules are getting bigger, thinner, and more powerful. But from Texas to Thailand, the same problem is appearing: broken glass. Not from hail or mishandling, but from …
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