Silver Content Solar Panels

Last year pv cells used 111 mg of silver.

Silver content solar panels.

How much silver does a solar panel use. Solar power generation is expected to nearly double by 2025 and that s bullish news for the silver market according to a report highlighted in the latest edition of the silver institute s silver news. Average solar panels are about 1 8 square meters in size and use about 20 grams or 0 643 troy ounces of physical silver. That is using only today s currently depressed silver spot price in middle 2019.

The average size of a solar panel is about 1 8 square meters. Amount of silver needed in solar cells to be more than halved by 2028 silver institute says the us based industry association finds the amount of silver loading may fall from 130 mg per cell in. The report notes that ultimately silver used in pv cells will stay steady and remain at 80 mg per cell that s because any further reductions would. It is estimated that it currently takes about 20 grams of silver to build an average solar panel.

Two thirds of an ounce of silver in every solar panel may not sound costly given today s silver spot price. For instance the average cell phone has only 200 to 300. The current silver use cost per solar panel is around 6 1 of the total cost of the price of building each solar fuel cell unit. But silver s cost contribution to solar panels outweighs its proportional expense over virtually any other application it has other than perhaps jewelry silverware or in 999 fine bullion coin or bar form.