Solar power has many devotees: manufacturers, investors, green energy enthusiasts - and thieves. Criminal gangs are increasingly targeting the valuable PV panels, cabling and other hardware in solar installations, and how best to frustrate their ambitions is becoming a major challenge for the industry. These panels are worth inordinate amounts and are relatively easy to steal,' says Benoit Rolland, managing director of Tenesol. 'Entire systems can disappear in a few hours.'
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