SolarWorld (Hillsboro, Oregon, U.S.) on February 3rd,
2017 announced that it has doubled the duration of its workmanship
warranty on its entire portfolio of solar photovoltaic (PV) panel
products to 20 years.
With the improvement in consumer protection,
the company becomes the first major producer of solar panels featuring
the popular, high-power PERC (passivated emitter rear contact) solar
cell architecture to offer a product warranty of that length, the
company emphasizes.
The extended product warranty, which protects owners
of SolarWorld solar panels against defects attributable to production
flaws, applies to all solar modules shipped after January 1st, 2017.
The extension comes on the 20th anniversary
year of SolarWorld’s 1997 establishment of the industry’s first 25-year
performance guarantee, which declined from 90 percent of nameplate
power to 80 percent at 10 years.
In 2009, the company was first to offer a 25-year
linear guarantee, which provided better protection because the
percentage of output protection declines by no more than .7 percentage
points each year after the first year.
In 2013, SolarWorld’s Sunmodule Protect solar panel,
which features glass on front and back, was introduced with a 30-year
linear guarantee, with annual degradation of no more than .35 percentage
points.
“Over the decades, we have been able to take the
lead in our product protections because we have the track record – the
real-life data – to give us confidence in our products,” said Shane
Messer, U.S. vice president for sales and marketing for SolarWorld. “At
every stage in production, we put quality first, and the investment has
paid off over time.”
source: http://www.solarserver.com
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