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Solar panels recycled with 99% efficiency without toxic chemicals
The Italian company, housed in a shipping container, is using a combination of a furnace and ultrasound waves to separate components of spent solar cells.
The approach differs from previous attempts since it does not release toxic fumes into the atmosphere and is much cleaner and greener than conventional recycling methods. As countries push for cleaner energy sources, estimates suggest that a whopping 400 gigawatts of solar power are being added to the grid every year, and this number is expected to more than quadruple by the end of the decade. At its pilot plant at an industrial site in Venice, 9Tech’s personnel remove the aluminum frame and tempered glass, leaving them with a sandwich of silicon wafers, metal conductor, and sticky polymer.
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