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How system degradation works in Sighten

Sighten accounts for production system degradation on an annual basis by applying a degradation percentage degradation, or rate, for each year of the solar energy system's lifetime, beginning in Year 2. No production degradation factor is applied to year 1 production estimates in Sighten.

Production degradation rates are configured by organization. Some of our integrated PPAs PPA and leases lease programs have a specified degradation rate that supersedes the an organization's degradation. The default degradation rate is set to 0.7% per year and functions as follows:

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