Featured in O&M plays its hand – 02-2015

Recycling the whole module

Sustainable PV: In part two of pv magazines investigation of module recycling, the attention remains on the backsheet and how, in a cost-competitive environment, fluoropolymers continue to pose a largely hidden challenge.

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Jonathan Gifford

11 Feb 2015

It has been called the solar industry’s “dirty little secret”: the inclusion of potentially toxic materials in solar modules. A very public discussion about the presence of cadmium in First Solar’s modules captured headlines towards the end of 2010, particularly in Germany, which was a booming market at the time. The debate raged for months, …

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