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Low-carbon verified

The Global Electronics Council (GEC) has stepped up its EPEAT ecolabel – which formerly stood for Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool – to recognize solar panels made with low-carbon electricity and provide independent verification of embedded carbon, as the organization’s newly appointed CEO Bob Mitchell explains.

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pv magazine

03 May 2023

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GEC’s new EPEAT ecolabel criteria are intended to reduce the carbon footprint of solar panels. | Photo: Pete Jelliffe/Flickr

As organizations across the world continue their transition toward the green economy, they should ask themselves a simple question: “Is the renewable energy infrastructure in which we are investing contributing to the problem we are trying to solve?”At first glance, the question may seem to make little sense. Solar panels, wind turbines, and other renewable …

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