{"id":37430,"date":"2020-02-17T07:40:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T21:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=37430"},"modified":"2020-02-17T07:40:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T21:10:41","slug":"solar-energy-payback-myth-mb1409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-energy-payback-myth-mb1409\/","title":{"rendered":"The Solar Panel Myth That Just Won’t Die – Energy Payback"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zombie image – dustinthewind<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Just when you think it’s finally dead and buried, the myth of solar power system energy payback arises like a zombie from a B-grade horror movie.<\/p>\n

The myth goes something like this:<\/p>\n

“The energy that goes into making a solar panel is more than that panel will produce over its lifetime.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just because something is repeated time and again, it doesn’t make it true – and that certainly holds in this situation. The energy payback time of solar power has been very short for a very long time.<\/p>\n

Solar Power System Energy Payback In Australia<\/h2>\n

For example, in the magazine ReNew: Technology for a Sustainable Future, issue No. 109 (October\u2013December 2009), the results of a life cycle assessment (LCA) for a complete grid connected solar power system were published.<\/p>\n

It looked at various issues including:<\/p>\n