Featured in Women at work – 08-2019

Pushing sustainability UP the agenda

As pv magazine’s UP campaign aims to place sustainability issues at the forefront of the solar industry, we take a look at the current situation and the programs, incentives and regulations that are in operation worldwide to promote responsibility in the design, operation and disposal of PV systems.

By

Brian Publicover

20 Aug 2019

Design for Disassembly principles are key to ensuring that modules and other components can be easily repaired, reused and recycled. | Image: SolarWorld

Despite years of growth, the PV industry still has yet to comprehensively tackle the looming problem of waste. In one 2016 study, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) estimated that cumulative global PV waste could reach 60-78 million tons by 2050. But as the global market recovers from a gloomy 2018 – Wood Mackenzie expects …

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