An overview of solar photovoltaic panels’ end-of-life material recycling
Prince of Songkla University · National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia · +4 more institutions
Abstract
End-of-life (EOL) solar panels may become a source of hazardous waste although there are enormous benefits globally from the growth in solar power generation. Global installed PV capacity reached around 400 GW at the end of 2017 and is expected to rise further to 4500 GW by 2050. Considering an average panel lifetime of 25 years, the worldwide solar PV waste is anticipated to reach between 4%-14% of total generation capacity by 2030 and rise to over 80% (around 78 million tonnes) by 2050. Therefore, the disposal of PV panels will become a pertinent environmental issue in the next decades. Eventually, there will be great scopes to carefully investigate on the disposal and recycling of PV panels EOL. The EU has…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 24.73
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 66
Authors
9- SCShahariar Chowdhury
Prince of Songkla University, National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia, National University of Malaysia
- KSKazi Sajedur Rahman
Universiti Tenaga Nasional
- TCTanjia Chowdhury
Southern University
- NNNarissara Nuthammachot
Prince of Songkla University
- KTKuaanan TechatoCorresponding
Prince of Songkla University, Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management
Topics & keywords
- Photovoltaic system
- Hazardous waste
- Directive
- Business
- European union
- Waste management
- Environmental economics
- Engineering