Recycling

Qcells and Solarcycle have established the first US solar recycling alliance.

Recycling end-of-life lithium-ion batteries can help address the problem of material scarcity by reducing dependence on lithium mining by 25%, and cobalt by 35%. It would also ensure the local availability of recycled critical materials. Here’s a look at the different ways to recycle batteries.

SolarPower Europe says it expects some of the European Union’s solar fleet to reach end-of-life (EoL) status within the next decade. Its new report outlines sustainable methods for handling EoL solar panels.

Electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing, battery safety, and recycling along with EV charging and battery swapping are the key areas of discussion at the Bharat Mobility Global expo, scheduled from Feb. 1 –3, 2024, in New Delhi.

Flaxres says it will leverage Hyundai’s capabilities to expand its business outside of Germany. The company has developed a solar module recycling technology that is based on short-term high-temperature heating using flash lamps.

EDF Renewables North America signs on with Solarcycle to recycle damaged or broken solar panels.

Gigawatts of solar farms are being installed throughout the world. But have you ever wondered how solar panels are manufactured and how they are recycled? 

Solar panel waste will not be a problem because there is so little of it. However, there is a short-term problem in some places because panel deployment is growing fast and recycling is playing catch up.

A Brazilian research group has developed a new method that uses the unique properties of supercritical water to recycle end-of-life solar panels. The scientists claim the novel approach is able to achieve a 99.6% organic degradation, without using toxic or hazardous chemicals.

Attero Recycling, India’s largest e-waste and lithium-ion battery recycler, recently processed samples from the Jammu and Kashmir mining belt and was able to recover 200 PPM (parts per million) of lithium carbonate, which was close to the ballpark range shared by the government of India. Nitin Gupta, chief executive officer and co-founder of Attero Recycling, speaks to pv magazine about the significance of their extraction and refining methods in ensuring India’s self-reliance in critical battery-grade materials.