Glass suddenly shattering on its own may seem mysterious, but it can be explained scientifically. Last week, a Thai woman suffered a serious hand injury when a tempered glass door suddenly shattered ...

Scientists and researchers at NREL, including Timothy Silverman and Elizabeth Palmiotti, are investigating early failure in dual-glass PV modules. Image: Agata Bogucka, NREL. Dual-glass PV modules are ...

Instances of cracks in PV module glass started appearing about five years ago. Spontaneous glass breakage is now one of the solar industry’s top issues, but manufacturing pressures and a lack of ...

Glass breakage, without any extreme weather event or other obvious cause, is being reported on a small yet significant number of PV projects. This issue comes with the potential to damage PV module ...