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I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Photovoltaics's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "Fraunhofer-PR-2014":
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 19:43, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
I made the following , 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)
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)
- I second that, reading the article it's weird as PV panel recycling is a reality, as it is mandatory in the EU. See this article about recycling facilities in France: [1] Bohwaz ( talk) 17:00, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
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)
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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)
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I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Photovoltaics's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "Fraunhofer-PR-2014":
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 19:43, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
I made the following , 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)
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)
- I second that, reading the article it's weird as PV panel recycling is a reality, as it is mandatory in the EU. See this article about recycling facilities in France: [1] Bohwaz ( talk) 17:00, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
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)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion:
You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 22:08, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
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)