Silfab Photo voltaic has made an settlement with SOLARCYCLE to buy ultra-low carbon home glass for its PV panels from the glass producer’s forthcoming Georgia facility that can recycle supplies from retired panels to make new photo voltaic glass.
“SOLARCYCLE is a perfect associate due to its demonstrated success and revolutionary processes that have already got made Silfab a extra sustainable operation,” says Paolo Maccario, Silfab president and CEO. “Using American-produced glass in our PV modules additional meets the county’s calls for for USA content material in made-in-America clear power merchandise and creates further U.S. jobs.”
With the deliberate SOLARCYCLE glass facility situated about 300 miles from Silfab Photo voltaic’s latest manufacturing facility in South Carolina, the businesses estimate to be decreasing the local weather impacts created throughout transport by greater than 50%.
Silfab additionally plans to ship its older or under-performing modules, in addition to supplies left over from the manufacturing course of, to SOLARCYCLE for recycling.
