07/07/2016
The Netherlands national Amateur Radio society VERON[1] has reported[2] on
spectrum pollution problems caused by residential solar panel installations.
VERON maintains that electrical systems in the European Union such as solar
panel installations must comply with applicable EU electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC) standards. These limit the electromagnetic fields that an
electrical system - such as the combination of solar panel, inverter, and
associated wiring - may emit.
The VERON report cited a 2014 study in 14 European countries by the EU EMC
Administrative Cooperation Working Group, which found that this emission limit
more often than not is exceeded.
"Only 33 percent of surveyed inverters linked to solar panels met the 2014
European EMC emission requirements," VERON said in a report on its website.
"The situation has hardly improved, evidenced by the fact that radio amateurs
are increasingly subject to interference from solar panel installations." It
pointed out that the interference can be extreme and cover a wide swath of
Amateur Radio spectrum.
A Google English translation[3] is available.
[1] https://www.veron.nl/nieuws/zonnepaneelinstallaties-geven-vaak-problemen-als
-gaat-om-vervuiling-ether-radiostoring/
[2] https://www.veron.nl/nieuws/zonnepaneelinstallaties-geven-vaak-problemen-als
-gaat-om-vervuiling-ether-radiostoring/
[3] http://tinyurl.com/VERON-Solar-Panel-Pollution
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