EDF Renewables North America has signed an settlement with SOLARCYCLE to recycle photo voltaic panels which might be broken or damaged throughout building and operation from their grid-scale, distribution-scale and on-site photo voltaic tasks.
“As an organization, we’ve got dedicated to creating the recycling functionality of our clear vitality belongings, beginning with photo voltaic,” says Edgar Puerto, affiliate director, strategic procurement, at EDF Renewables. “We view this as a key technique for decreasing our greenhouse fuel emissions and catalyzing a brand new home provide chain for made-in-America photo voltaic merchandise.”
SOLARCYCLE’s proprietary expertise permits for the extraction of 95% of the worth from recycled panels, together with silver, silicon, copper, aluminum and glass: a major improve over the business commonplace, which is presently under 50%.
The recycler’s patented processes are more and more extracting worth from every panel in order that, mixed with reverse logistics, they will present the lowest-cost recycling resolution to EDF Renewables that maximizes environmental advantages and provide chain resilience.
“As one of many largest clear vitality corporations on this planet, we’re thrilled that we have been chosen for this necessary initiative,” says Jesse Simons, chief business officer and co-founder of SOLARCYCLE. “We’re proud to companion with EDF Renewables, who went deep with us, with a number of visits to our manufacturing facility, intensive audits and a aggressive RFP course of.”
