Featured in And the winner is – 12-2025-01-2026

Manufacturing: Sustainable innovation

Despite difficult market conditions for many in the sector, solar manufacturers and technology suppliers have continued to innovate in 2025. This year’s winner reflects the emergence of PV recycling as a manufacturing and technology sector in its own right, while the highly commended entry provides a great example of equipment suppliers’ ability to quickly adapt to changes in cell technology and the new requirements they bring.
Mark Hutchins
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Mark Hutchins

Winner Solar Materials, solar recycling Germany’s Solar Materials has developed a set of proprietary processes it says recover 98% of all raw materials in a typical solar panel, including silicon and silver, and glass that can be reused in high quality applications. The company takes a “reverse production line” approach, with automated processes to separate …

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