Circular System for Solar Panels: Propose a concrete system for the circular management of solar panels, including business models and policies that support the transition to a resource-efficient and circular lifecycle for solar panels.
Implementing a circular approach to panel management is crucial for ensuring the long-term sustainability of solar energy. The goal of the CircSolar project is to develop a proposal for a new national system for the circular management of solar panels.
The CircSolar project brings together stakeholders from across the value chain with the goal of proposing a system for sustainable and financially viable management of solar panels. Solar panel waste could reach more than 100 million tons by 2050. Solar energy emerging is one of the fastest-growing energy sources worldwide.
Towards a Circular Solar Power Sector in Europe – Pathways, Policies & Strategi… Solar power is set to play a leading role in the achievement of the 2030 EU renewable targets and the commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050.
Furthermore, a circular economy approach will offer the European solar industry new business opportunities in the design and manufacturing of circular-ready products, as well as in the reuse, refurbishment and recycling of older solar panels. Workshop aims & target audience
These and further issues of the lack of circularity in the solar value chain endangers reliable access to solar energy in the long term. The goal of this research is to increase the circularity in the industry by designing technologically the product in a circular way.