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Solar panels, an eco-disaster wainting to happen ?

04 juin 2023

𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚? ⤵️
Decarbonation is not one shot. So let’s play the long-term game right.
Most hashtag#climatetechs, especially for electrification (e.g., hashtag#battery) and hashtag#renewables, are made of precious metals meaning that we need to consider today how to deal with their end-of-life to be resilient tomorrow.

This article from the BBC News perfectly depicts the issue around hashtag#solarpanels that will soon represent one of our main sources of hashtag#energy

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⚡ 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗻𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹
– Average lifespan: 25-30 years
– Composition: Glass fronts, aluminium frames, precious materials (e.g., silver, copper)
– Value: Over 60% of the value is contained in 3% of the weight of the solar panels with some materials exposed to hashtag#sourcingrisks

🔎 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲
– Dismantling and hashtag#recycling processes for solar panels are complex
– Infrastructure to hashtag#scrap and recycle solar panels is lacking (the world’s first factory will officially open in France end of June)
– Solar recycling specialists like ROSI hope eventually to be able to extract and re-use 99% of a unit’s components – once solutions will be fully operational

💥 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗽 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱
– First generation of solar panels achieve their end-of-life
– In 2021, the world’s solar energy generation capacity grew by 22%
– In 2030, 4 million tonnes of scrap are expected from solar panels
– In 2050, 200 million tonnes of scrap are expected from solar panels (i.e. x50 vs. 2030)