Study to consider solar panel recycling

Study to consider solar panel recycling

Concern over scrapped solar panels that are accumulating in the country, potentially creating a "graveyard", has convinced SCI Eco Services to conduct a study on an electronic waste recycling project.

SolarCycle recycles nearly half a million solar panels in 2024

After completing its second full-year of operation, SolarCycle shared its “annual impact data” for 2024. The company successfully recycled 480,406 solar panels in 2024 and increased its recycling capacity by 228%. Its original recycling facility in Odessa, Texas, has already been expanded. SolarCycle is adding two new processing lines, which will double its panel recycling… The post SolarCycle recycles nearly half a million solar panels in 2024 …

In a context of exponential growth of renewable energies in Chile and the environmental challenge involved in the management of technological waste, the Solar Circular Phase 2 project, promoted by the Energy Development Centre Antofagasta (CDEA-UA) and funded by Corfo through the Public Goods 2023 line, is developing a pioneering technical guide aimed at establishing the basis for a regulatory framework on the reuse of photovoltaic modules in th…