Featured in 10 Array Changing Technologies – 06-2017

“The circular economy is possible”

Recycling: As PV module deployment continues to grow, so does the issue of end of life. Germany’s Loser Chemie has long worked on the recycling of thin film PV modules and has recently made major strides in applying chemical separation technology to the crystalline silicon (c-Si) space. The question is not how, but when large-scale recycling of PV modules will be reality, says Loser Chemie’s Wolfram Palitzsch.

pv magazine: What is the awareness of the importance of the solar sector taking a “circular economy” approach?Wolfram Palitzsch: The argument for the recycling of PV waste can be made from environmental, political, and economic perspectives. On the one hand, we have appropriate legal frameworks and, on the other hand, our voluntary desire to make …

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