{"id":149826,"date":"2021-01-07T17:09:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T14:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/solar-panel-fire-season-is-all-year-round-and-its-getting-more-intense-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2021-01-07T17:09:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T14:09:44","slug":"solar-panel-fire-season-is-all-year-round-and-its-getting-more-intense-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/solar-panel-fire-season-is-all-year-round-and-its-getting-more-intense-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"#Solar panel fire season is all year round and it’s getting more intense in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Solar panel fire season is all year round and it’s getting more intense in Australia<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n Even some firefighters aren\u2019t clear about how to deal with fires on live solar panels. Credit: riopatuca\/Shutterstock<\/a>
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2020 was a bumper year for solar power in Australia. More solar PV systems were installed<\/a> in the first nine months than in all of any previous year.<\/p>\n

Almost one in four<\/a> Australian houses now have rooftop solar panels. But the number of solar panel incidents reported by fire and emergency services has increased too. <\/p>\n

Fire and Rescue NSW<\/a> reportedly put out 30 blazes<\/a> sparked by panels in just three months late last year.<\/p>\n

The exponential growth in solar PV and associated problems has attracted media<\/a> and political attention. <\/p>\n

In 2018, federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor warned<\/a> his state counterparts lives were at risk from substandard solar panel installations. An audit<\/a> of the Clean Energy Regulator<\/a> by the Australian National Audit Office found there were potentially tens of thousands of badly installed and even unsafe rooftop systems. The regulator had inspected just 1.2% of rooftop installations. <\/p>\n

It’s a nationwide problem<\/b><\/p>\n

State and territory regulators are responsible for electrical safety. Only Victoria mandates an inspection of each installed system. <\/p>\n

Taylor announced an inquiry<\/a> into the industry last August. <\/p>\n

Last October, Fire and Rescue NSW Superintendent Graham Kingland said<\/a>: “Over the last five years we have seen solar panel related fires increase five-fold. It is not uncommon to see solar panels cause house and building fires.”
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On Christmas day, ACT Fire & Rescue<\/a> attended a fire at a home in Theodore where the solar panels caught alight. Coincidentally, the location was Christmas Street!<\/p>\n

Last month, Energy Safe Victoria warned<\/a> the public to get solar systems serviced.<\/p>\n


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