Until recently, when a solar panel reached the end of its useful life—after 25 or 30 years—it probably ended up in a landfill. Any valuable materials inside it were lost. But that’s quickly changing.

European industry association PV Cycle estimates a 10 MW solar site will eventually produce 700 tons of waste material. It is becoming increasingly clear that PV modules need end-of-life protocols – ...

In a major breakthrough for the solar industry, Heliene will make solar panels using SOLARCYCLE‘s ultra-low carbon solar glass made of recycled solar panel materials. The North American solar panel ...

The company said naturally produced soda ash is around 37% less greenhouse gas intensive that synthetic product. Image: Solarcycle US solar recycling firm Solarcycle has signed a supply deal with US ...

Solar photovoltaic module provider Heliene, based in Canada with a manufacturing facility in the U.S. in Minnesota, will purchase “ultra-low carbon glass” that uses recycled materials from retired ...

Laminate pulled from a solar panel before recycling. Image: Solarcycle. US-based PV recycling firm Solarcycle has announced plans to build a recycled solar glass manufacturing facility in Polk County, ...

Researchers from Aalto University in Finland demonstrated a proof-of-concept of laser-processed glass to be used as a type of solar concentrator for building integrated PV (BIPV) applications. The ...