Lotus Energy, Australia’s first solar panel recycling facility in Thomastown, Melbourne, is now in operation. The plant recycles 100 percent of end-of-life solar PV modules using no chemicals. Solar panels typically have a shelf-life of two to three decades, but are very challenging to recycle due to the hazardous metals added to the silicon of the cells to improve their efficacy. Lotus […]
Approval for Australia’s first large scale solar-panel recycling plant
Australian solar panel recycling firm, Reclaim PV Recycling, has secured lease and development approval to establish the country’s first large-scale solar panel recycling site as it calls for end-of-life solar panels and collection network partners. Reclaim PV Recycling announced it has committed to a long-term lease and has obtained development approval for the establishment of […]