Solar-panel fire risks and the opportunities to improve safety

摘要

Coincidently it was five years ago that our company PVStop International started presenting Solar Photo-Voltaic (PV) risks as a topic to fire service agencies. We offered insights into the various risks and predicted that solar-panel fires would escalate in parallel with the growing number of solar PV installations. Our predictions have now been validated; the risks associated with solar panels and the 'DC Danger Zone' have indeed grown alongside the increasing number of solar-panel installations across Australia, which are now at over 2.4 million and climbing. One in five households now feature solar-panel installations and this is forecast to reach one in two households over the next ten years. PVStop International have developed the only ISO-accredited solution on the market that de-energises solar panels at the source, mitigating these risks and we now supply our solution to fire services and asset owners across the globe.