ENGIE and SOLARCYCLE rolled out a “pre-cycling” plan to integrate recycling into the earliest stages of solar project development. (Electrek)
Unlike traditional solar recycling that happens after panels are discarded, this approach embeds recycling commitments directly into PPAs and tracks panels to guarantee that each one is recycled at the end of its life.
The initiative will take 1 million solar panels that provide 375 MW of power around the Midwest. ENGIE estimates that the move will keep 48 million pounds of material out of landfills and reduce carbon emissions by about 33,000 tons.