Ørsted commits to reuse or recycle all solar panels
Ørsted is the world’s first energy developer to commit to reuse or recycle all solar panels from its global portfolio of solar farms with immediate effect.
- Ørsted is the world’s first energy developer to commit to reuse or recycle all solar panels from its global portfolio of solar farms with immediate effect.
- To lower dependency on virgin materials, a key solution is to reuse or recycle end-of-life solar panels and bring the materials back into manufacturing.
- This is an industry-first commitment and complements our already existing ambition to reuse or recycle all wind turbine blades.”
Today, Ørsted is announcing a new partnership with SOLARCYCLE, a technology-based solar recycling company, to process and recycle Ørsted’s end-of-life solar panels from its projects across the US, which is one of the main solar markets for Ørsted. - SOLARCYCLE can take these materials and refine them to make the next generation of newer, higher-efficiency solar panels.