Recycling Of Solar Panels In India

Because the boom in solar power is relatively new the solar panel recycling industry can be considered to be in its infancy according to andreas wade global sustainability director for first solar a major solar module manufacturer that also operates several solar panel recycling facilities around the world.

Recycling of solar panels in india.

That leaves us with the recycling option. When solar panels reach their end of their life today they face a few possible fates. Since 2014 solar panel importers and manufacturers have been required to collect and treat them when they reach the stage of being waste. And worldwide there will be tens of millions of metric tons of end of life solar panels by 2050 notably in china the us japan india and germany.

Recycling technologies for solar panels may be evolving but the government needs to urgently take stock of the mounting solar waste crisis and come up with regulations. The company has a contract with solar industry recycling organization pv cycle france to recycle 1 300 tonnes of solar panels in 2018 10. Europe s first recycling plant for solar pv module. The ministry has released the concept note after directions issued by the national green tribunal in delhi.

The ministry of new and renewable energy has issued a blueprint for the utilization manufacture disposal and import of solar photovoltaic pv module and glass containing antimony antimony is a chemical element that has been found to have hazardous effects on the environment. Since india has already decided to install 100 gw of solar power reducing e waste is not an option. Apart from a tamil nadu based company poseidon solar services there are currently no other company to recycle solar pv photovoltaics pv cells in the country. In japan india.

When solar panels do reach their end of their life today they face a few possible fates. Though india s solar energy story is still in its nascent stage solar energy installed capacity has increased by over eight times from 2 63 gw in 2014 to 26 gw in 2018. Not surprisingly solar waste recycling was a hot topic at this year s renewable energy india summit in new delhi with attendees split between concern at the lack of action and a blasé belief the 25 year lifetime of pv panels offers india plenty of time to get its house in order. Law producers are required to ensure their solar panels are recycled properly.