A global solar PV waste TSUNAMI is about to hit!

Solar PV panels are multiplying at almost virus-like speed all over the planet. That's a great thing for the transition to sustainable energy, but a massive potential problem for a catastrophically ill-prepared recycling industry. A new report from Rystad Energy says there'll be $80 billion a year in solar waste materials by 2050. But can we keep it out of the ground and back into the circular economy?

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Research Links

Rystad Energy
https://www.rystadenergy.com/newsevents/news/press-releases/reduce-reuse-solar-pv-recycling-market-to-be-worth-%242.7-billion-by-2030/


PV Cycle
https://pvcycle.org

Solar Cycle
https://www.solarcycle.us/

China Dialogue
https://chinadialogue.net/en/digest/new-policy-grapples-with-incoming-tide-of-renewable-energy-waste/#:~:text=China's%20first%20pilot%20project%20for,China%20installed%20in%202021%20alone.

PV Time
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