Electro-Extraction and the Future of E-Waste with Megan O'Connor, CEO and Co-founder of Nth Cycle - Battery + Storage Podcast
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Massachusetts’ achievement of 2025 net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rests upon rapid electrification of the energy grid and substantial growth in solar electricity generation. As of 2023, nearly a quarter of the...more
Solar panels, wind turbines, heat pumps and batteries are all made of metal and—unlike a barrel of oil or ton of coal—metals can be recycled. Countries heavily dependent on imports of crucial decarbonisation minerals are...more
On March 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) released its Photovoltaics End-of-Life Action Plan. SETO’s Plan recognizes the current reality for solar PV panels that have...more
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and LG Electronics USA, Inc. (“LG”) entered into a January 6th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing alleged violations of the ADEM Administrative Code addressing...more
We are now starting to see older installed solar panels being upgraded with newer more efficient panels as well as solar panels that are reaching the end of their useful life. ...more
A new rule will take effect in California on January 1, 2021 that will allow generators of decommissioned solar panels (photovoltaic or PV modules) to manage them more economically as universal waste as opposed to hazardous...more
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (“DTSC”) announced in an October 26th news release that it was classifying hazardous waste (i.e., discarded) solar panels as universal waste. DTSC states that the...more
Earlier this summer the New York State Senate passed a bi-partisan bill (S. 942) to require the Department of Environmental Conservation’s (“DEC”) to adopt regulations governing the collection and disposition of solar panels...more
The Northeast Recycling Council republished a GreenMatch post titled: What Happens to PV Panels When Their Life Cycle Ends (“Post”) - The Northeast Recycling Council Post addresses what it characterizes as...more
Renewable Energy Focus - California utility phasing out nuclear, voluntarily raising renewables target - PV-Tech - Jun 22 - California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) plans to increase investment...more
Sustainable Development Focus - 399 Fremont tower's water heated by solar power - Bisnow - May 11 - San Francisco's 399 Fremont Street, owned by UDR and MetLife, now features the world’s tallest solar water...more
California's drought is now in its fourth year, and state leaders are faced with making unprecedented decisions further restricting water use. The brown lawns and dying trees are all too obvious and painful examples of the...more
On June 27, California’s Department of Toxic Substance Control (“DTSC”) announced a 15 day comment period on new regulations concerning the disposal of photovoltaic (PV) modules—broadly defined as “any photovoltaic device...more