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China’s solar photovoltaic (PV) industry’s protracted battle with overcapacity may be drawing to a close, after years of bruising price wars and rapid capacity build-up plunged half the sector into the red, forcing closures and disrupting expansion plans, analysts say.
Credit: EDP China has announced a plan to establish a recycling system for retired solar PV panels. In an announcement by the National Development and Reform Commission, China is targeting to build up a mechanism for disposing of decommissioned equipment in solar PV plants by 2025.
Quoting data from the Zero Carbon Research Institute in Hebei province, she said that China may see PV panel waste reach 20 million tons by 2040, and the PV recycling industry worth a potential 150 billion yuan ($21 billion).
The estimates also show that waste from the PV industry is expected to reach 350,000 to 1.55 million tonnes in China by 2027, and 33.5 million tonnes by 2050. This will be distributed in areas spanning 5 million hectares, becoming new "mines" for the industry to explore. RECYCLING TECHS
Zhong Dalong, chief technology officer for solar energy at the National Institute of Clean and Low-Carbon Energy, said the influx of PV waste may happen earlier in China because some companies are likely to decommission low-efficiency panels before they reach their expiry date, because land for solar development is becoming increasingly scarce.
China will need to recycle 1.5 million tonnes in 2030, and about 20 million tonnes in 2050. PV modules are mainly composed of glass, backplate, battery, aluminum frame, brazing tape and junction box. Most of these materials, such as glass, copper, aluminum, silicon, silver, gallium and indium, can be recycled.
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Quoting data from the Zero Carbon Research Institute in Hebei province, she said that China may see PV panel waste reach 20 million tons by 2040, and the PV recycling industry worth a potential ...
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