Wind Turbines and Solar Panels are Aging Prematurely - IER

The claimed 25-year life span of wind turbines has in reality been just 7-10 years before having to be replaced along with their enormous blades.

Key Takeaways

• Wind turbines and solar panels are not living up to their longevity claims, increasing costs and filling up waste disposal sites.
• Inverters in solar facilities, required to convert direct current into grid-ready alternating current, are failing in 10 to 15 years.
• A new Australian study blames early failure of solar panels and inverters on humidity and excessive heat from the sun–the source of photovoltaic cells’ energy generation.
• Governments have hastily rushed to embrace renewable energy at the expense of consumers and taxpayers, with apparently little insight into some of the shortcomings of the technologies...