A panel at RE+ Northeast 2025 considered many of the tough questions centered around solar end of use.
Also on the rise: Washington State solar recycling mandate..Churches become solar-plus-storage resilience hubs in Louisiana. And more.
With the state’s new recycling policy set to take effect in six months, Washington’s solar industry is grappling with its implications.
SolarPanelRecycling.com uses AI and proprietary processes to separate critical materials from used or broken solar panels, contributing to a circular economy and reducing waste.
What happens to a solar PV module after its expected 25-year operational life?
The practical matter of taking a dead PV system apart and moving its components to their next destination has received less attention than recycling and second-life applications. In the United States, Decom Solar is offering decommissioning for commercial and industrial (C&I) solar projects. pv magazine spoke to Decom Solar co-founder Stephen Burns for an update.
Emilie O’Leary specializes in an often-overlooked aspect of the U.S. solar industry – recycling. From her base in Atlanta, Georgia, she told pv magazine why she decided to try and tackle the obscene quantities of waste the industry generates.
Also on the rise: U.S. DOE allocates $325 million for community solar, battery storage in Puerto Rico. Japanese manufacturer Toyo Solar announces 2 GW panel factory in U.S.
Solarcycle will serve as Canadian Solar’s preferred recycling partner, with Canadian Solar’s customers now offered the option to secure recycling services at the time of purchase.
After analyzing the future usage of material by the crystalline silicon PV industry, including glass, aluminum, silver, copper, ethylene-vinyl-acetate (EVA), and silicon, a German research team found that a circular recycling approach could address foreseeable supply problems. It could also reportedly become economically sustainable.
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