Policies and Measures for Sustainable Management of Solar Panel End-of-Life in Italy

Malandrino, Ornella; Sica, Daniela; Testa, Mario; Supino, Stefania

doi:10.3390/su9040481

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“…This is why Turkey invests in technology and renewable energy even more intensely than before as a mandatory face of the civilisation and future development expectation (Acaroğlu and Baykul, 2018; Salihoglu et al, 2017; Satir et al, 2016; Yorucu and Mehmet, 2018). This investment strategy is not only targeted by Turkey, but also the main objective of EU countries (Honrubia-Escribano et al, 2018; Malandrino et al, 2017). Considering this objective, the EU has not predicted well for the future of these investments as a cash generator and so has not posed a legal boundary for recycling (Malandrino et al, 2017).…”

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“…This investment strategy is not only targeted by Turkey, but also the main objective of EU countries (Honrubia-Escribano et al, 2018; Malandrino et al, 2017). Considering this objective, the EU has not predicted well for the future of these investments as a cash generator and so has not posed a legal boundary for recycling (Malandrino et al, 2017). However, only with the PV module waste estimations of Turkey, the economic value of the main three metals would generate up to 35 million USD income and many million tonnes of glass waste.…”

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Environmental and economic evaluation of solar panel wastes recycling

Gönen

Kaplanoğlu

2019

Waste Manag Res

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Owing to rising population and increasing energy demand, renewable energy resources become the most convenient and promising solution. Hence, solar power plant investments and photovoltaic module numbers have risen sharply. Turkey is one of the tight followers of the energy trends, thanks to its rising energy demand and economic power. However, the consequences of the massive plant wastes importance in term of economically and environmentally have not been understood yet. Almost 70% of the modules are formed by glass and the rest accumulates economically valuable metal materials, which are silver, aluminium and copper. These three main materials are substantially important in the overall waste. Not only the economic value, but also the environmental impacts of the mining effluents to excavate these metals are causing emission problems. As a chain reaction, the higher energy demand triggers a search for new and renewable energy resources. This is why popularity of solar energy has increased. Solar energy can be absorbed and transformed through photovoltaic modules, which contain glass and three main metals. In order to respond for the production of modules, metals are fundamental. This need triggers the need of metals mining excavations and emissions. In this respect, in the near future, thanks to the rising investments on photovoltaic modules and the CO2 emissions coming from mining, the wastes of photovoltaic modules and the need of recycling will become more important. That is why, in this study it is aimed to present environmental benefits and economic recoveries of recycling photovoltaic module in Turkey.

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Environmental and economic evaluation of solar panel wastes recycling

Gönen

Kaplanoğlu

2019

Waste Manag Res

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“…Such a waste management approach represents unique opportunities to create value by enhancing regional businesses and jobs, and thus, opens up new economic avenues. It is essential to establish cooperation between stakeholders to maintain an uninterrupted supply of raw materials and overcome related challenges to guarantee the acceptance of future PV panel waste management systems (Huang et al, 2017;Malandrino et al, 2017). of the secondary data brought about the identification of specific processes for dealing with both hazardous and non-hazardous waste.…”

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End of life analysis of solar photovoltaic panel: roadmap for developing economies

Ndzibah

Cruz

Shamsuzzoha

2021

IJESM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual framework for handling end of life (henceforth EoL) scenarios of solar photovoltaic (solar PV) panels, which includes different options available to businesses and end-users, as well as promoting the collaboration between government and all relevant stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts purposeful sampling, secondary data and content analysis to develop an appropriate conceptual framework that helps to create awareness of the appropriate options for dealing with the EoL cases of solar PV panels. Findings From the data analysis, it is revealed that reuse, repair and recycling of solar PV panels can ensure value creation, public-private partnership and a solution for education in sustainability, and thus, prolonging the useful life cycle of the products. Research limitations/implications This paper limits the analysis on developing economies and the use of selected literature based on the recycling of solar PV panels. Originality/value This paper is an initial attempt to create an awareness by identifying, analyzing and educating the stakeholders to handle appropriately any EoL scenario of solar PV panels.

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“…5 In contrast, the closed-loop model recovers materials from EoL modules and feeds them back into the PV supply chain to reduce waste volumes and environmental impacts while significantly increasing resource efficiency. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] In the closed-loop model shown in Figure 1, the outer pathway focuses on recycling secondary raw materials, for example, the recycling of metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si) from EoL modules. 14,15 The middle pathway focuses on recovering high-quality material that can be directly feed into the supply chain of the original product without being turned back into the raw material, for example, recycling solar-grade silicon (SoG-Si) or intact silicon wafers used to manufacture new PV modules.…”

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