Talk:Photovoltaics

message: I made the following edit, unable to found a source from Frauenhofer in 2014. I checked the 2014 Report but I have not found the claim: "Crystalline silicon wafers are nowadays only 40 percent as thick as they used to be in 1990, when they were around 400 μm.". --Robertiki (talk) 11:46, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fraunhofer-PR-2014 named missing source about wafer thickness 

message: First of all this link by Institute for Energy Research, a fossil fuel industry interest group, is currently referenced five times. If the manufacture of solar PV panels really does require "a large amount of energy" (which is a rather nebulous and imprecise claim) and is fueled by coal power, then surely it wouldn't be difficult to find a source that isn't a mouthpiece for the fossil fuel industry.
Second, this article by Environmental Progress, a nuclear power interest group. Only referenced once, but the sentence it's used to source is rather forward on its non-neutrality (nebulous and imprecise wording; "potentially unsustainable", "will run out eventually", "uses toxic substances", "cause pollution", "no viable technologies for recycling"... rather impressive for a single sentence).
In light of this, the entire section should probably be closely scrutinized. Some of the sentences in there seem like they're from an essay rather than an encyclopedic article. --Veikk0.ma 03:09, 6 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought the same on the Institute for Energy research and deleted that passages, especially since they were repeating itself time and again. One is tempted to think that those climate denier talking points should be hammered in the heads of the readers. But you are right, User:Veikk0.ma, also the other passages and sources should be checked since they are obviously biased. It seems all those talking points came in in June 2021 by an IP contributor. It would be wise to check all those edits, maybe the IP wrote more dubious (or worse) content. Ping:  User:Bohwaz. Andol (talk) 00:40, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @Andol, @Veikk0.ma, is this now resolved? Any objections to the removal of the tag? Femke (talk) 16:23, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm not sure if I removed everything that was added by a man-on-a-mission, so it would be wise if someone closely scrutinized the whole entry, to be sure. If nothing (serious) is found, the tag can be removed. Andol (talk) 14:22, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The article is still has 16.6% authorship of the IP that added the climate denial source, . Most of the other things they wrote do not seem to be less accurate than most articles, and I don't see an overall clear bias. I really dislike tags when there is no actionable concern on talk. Femke (talk) 17:01, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed tag Chidgk1 (talk) 18:00, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some dubious sources in the "Environmental costs of manufacture" section 

message: This article's lead section claims that there are "no viable systems" for recycling photovoltaics. I don't think this is true; I've found other sources (such as this article from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) that appear to contradict this. Jarble (talk) 19:07, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: No, that is untrue. I'll delete the claim in the article. See also the Discussion point above. Andol (talk) 00:43, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  The lead section also claims that emissions caused by fossil fuels in the manufacture of solar photovoltaics "can't be avoided": is this untrue as well? Jarble (talk) 19:50, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes. I wonder why such unsourced claims by IPs that completely change the meaning aren't reverted at once. In the German Wikipedia such edits wouldn't have a chance. Thank you for the information! Andol (talk) 21:08, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are there still "no viable systems" for recycling photovoltaics? 

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message: Topic tells about photovoltaic effect or solar cell, solar panel or concentrating solar power, which? I think, this topic is unnecessary. Gokhan.kapici (talk) 00:48, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  photovoltaic effect