{"id":10519,"date":"2026-01-30T11:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/?p=10519"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:23:05","slug":"long-lasting-solar-panels-prove-durability-matters-for-a-sustainable-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/long-lasting-solar-panels-prove-durability-matters-for-a-sustainable-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-lasting solar panels prove durability matters for a sustainable future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solar panels installed in the early 1990s are still producing around 80% of their original power more than 30 years later &#8211; a powerful reminder that durability matters as much as efficiency. Studies from Switzerland and France show that well-built panels can far outlast their warranties, reducing waste, costs, and emissions. As the world enters the \u201cterawatt age\u201d of solar energy, these findings highlight that long-lasting materials are key to a truly sustainable energy future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zmescience.com\/ecology\/renewable-energy-ecology\/old-solar-panels-still-work-30-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Solar Panels Built in the Early 1990s Are Still Going Strong After 30 Years at 80% Original Power \u2014 And That\u2019s a Big Deal for Our Energy Future<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar panels installed in the early 1990s are still producing around 80% of their original power more than 30 years later &#8211; a powerful reminder that durability matters as much as efficiency. Studies from Switzerland and France show that well-built panels can far outlast their warranties, reducing waste, costs, and emissions. As the world enters&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":10520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sustainability-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10530,"href":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10519\/revisions\/10530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sympraxis.eu\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}