Solar panel manufacturer announces ambitious plans for panel recycling: ‘A very important step’
Solar panel recycling company SOLARCYCLE has announced ambitious plans to build a new facility to ensure crucial materials can be reused.
According to Electrek, Cedartown, Georgia, will be home to the factory, which will come at a cost of $344 million. It’s just another example of recycling plants for sustainable technologies being built in a southern United States state.
SOLARCYCLE, which has also signed a deal with QCells to provide the recovered material for use in new panels, will manufacture new solar glass from old panels at the site, making it one of the first companies in the U.S. to do so.
“Recycling solar panels can contribute to a domestic supply of materials essential to the production of new solar panels, including glass, silicon, and valuable metals such as silver, copper, and aluminum,” per the SOLARCYCLE website.
The company also says the process is 95% efficient in terms of value extraction, noting the industry standard is below 50%.
