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What REALLY happens to used Solar Panels?
What REALLY happens to used Solar Panels?
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I liked the idea of recycling solar panels
I think we some standardization in solar panels manufacturing that we make recycling much easier
If only we could stop the deforestation that occurs before the panels are installed. Green Energy MY FOOT! It makes no sense to strip away the natural CO2 scrubbers and replace them with more CO2 contributors. Yeah, I know about the parts you weren't allowed to show. It's not all green energy cake and ice cream. I hate what solar panels are doing to our world!
This is so maddening. When you say end of life, are you meaning totally dead-lined (broken unserviceable), or no longer 100% efficient. because the biggest problem with "SOLAR" is it's a rich persons technology. These Fed programs DO NOT serve the middle class. the only homes with solar on the roof are MC mansions or High income areas. Middle class people cannot finance 80k roof setups (after rebates). Climate change reform isn't for the POORS.
So. I'll take some 40% efficient panels. I'll take as many FREE panels as someone is willing to get rid of. Where is this downstream market? Because there is a whole economy around second life equipment and amazon returns etc. Just because a heavy equipment company has burned 500k hours out of a bull dozer doesn't mean there is someone downstream who willing to put in the "time" they aren't willing.
Where is the Solar Downstream market.
Excellent, great to see this happening Worldwide!
I hope that SolarCycle continue to grow.
facinated, me to Matt solar is awesome thanks for the video 😉
couldn't they be sold second hand? usually even 20 year old ones still work
Great VIdeo!!! They need to let people know that solar panels CAN be recycled because most people still think they at you CAN"T recycle them. Just need to pair a company that builds solar panels and one that recycles them so they build the panels in a way that is easier to recycle to make it more affordable. Perhaps they could charge a fee at the time of sale that is then refunded when you recycle the panel with the same company.
I love green energy that makes you self reliant instead of utility company reliant. If a home is all electric and self sustaining then it has very low impact on the environment. Modern technology should be green technology.
Its ironic. If the facts ive heard are true, you could get enough gold from sewer system waste to pay for the equipment to sluice it, and it appears that recycling these solar panels will get you copper, silver, aluminum, and what have you in a form easier than mining it. It appears that there are ways to make money from almost all human waste.
I'm all for recycling of everything! Very cool!❤
I think you should not be able to market a product in the USA until you have proven a recycling process for any product.
There are multiple facets to consider. I doubt that the cost of recycling materials is genuinely cheaper than mining them when we factor in labor, processing, and transportation expenses. The industry might require regulatory support to ensure profitability, although excessive regulations could potentially hinder the solarization process and impede decarbonization inadvertently.
The materials typically recycled are mostly non-toxic and environmentally friendly, akin to sand.
Another critical aspect is redirecting attention from recycling concerns to preventing significant entities like corporations, big companies, and governments from discarding functional solar panels simply because they're 'expired' according to a 'used by' sticker on it or the paperwork. This practice poses a more substantial threat, and implementing regulations to discourage 'planned obsolescence' is crucial.
It took me 9 years to earn the investment capital back on my solar panels. How come solar panels are being discarded in such high quantities and have,t we the tax payers been subsidising these so called solar farms. It looks like a tax payer fraud scam to me.
And now you should be able to provide input to the manufacturers to help your end of the process
It would have been good to have seen the percentages and value of each of the elements in your list of recoverables – rather than just a tick.
So basically this video confirms that this is another green scam company and Solar Panels can't effectively be recycled…
Excellent news. Needs Gov to collect appropriate taxes and direct industries and installations to concentrate their efforts here
I'm literally still using panels from 25 years ago and yes they are much less efficient than the newer style panels and they have lost intensity however they work just fine
Those mixed bags of granulated/powdered solar material could be separated by density using a machine I invented accidentally many years ago, let me explain: There is a process called "winnowing" which is a way to separate wheat from the chaff by tossing it in the air utilizing wind. My machine is similar to "air washing" machine used in desert prospecting, but it is very simple.
All it is basically a large gasoline powered blower/vacuum (the one I used was a 10hp insulation vacuum for remediation)
You attach a 50-100ft section of what's known as "lay flat" which is a clear ventilation plastic tubing that comes on a roll. It is inflated with air by the vac/blower and becomes a 20" diameter long tube. The end of the tube has an automotive air filter taped on to create backpressure and that is it: That's all it is…
Works amazingly well to separate finely granulated and powdered materials by density, you can actually see through the giant tube and everything deposits by density .
It's funny how the guy is "helping the environment," yet keeps it all secret to protect his profits. Sharing his technology would help the environment more, but that would cut into his profits.
Thank you,
Your honest reporting and investment in solar technology is so important to me. I personally have been in the hvac industry since the 70's and like many other people making a living gets in the way of some passion projects.
The solar industry has been been crippled from the beginning by "Big Energy". Seeing this recycling facility in the middle of oil fields is probably in some way a pet project for an oil company but at least the recycling process is being addressed. Sorry to sound negative but I remember under President Carter the solar water heater tax credit was introduced then when he was out of office the they raised the tax credit available so high that the installed cost was prohibited. This been an up hill battle with lobbyists the ones holding technology back.
Great job.
While i do agree with him stating we need to come up with the tools and technologies to recycle more. We also need to get big government policies out of the way of innovative technologies on these fronts. There are many policies in place that are said to be green but have the opposite effect. The major one that comes to mind is the calculation for vehicle gass mileage. This single calculation has removed the smaller S10 and Ford Ranger style pickup trucks from the market. That style truck has to get sedan gas mileage in order to be sold. Since they cannot because of their use case they cannot be sold forcing people who need or want a pick up truck to get a larger vehicle that gets less gass mileage. In my case i would much rather buy a cheaper Ford Ranger that gets say 25-30m/g than the more expensive F150 that gets 18-23.
Recycling is the most critical job in our economy.
Recycling any consumer article is good practice. Recycling however is not the only option, repurposing articles is also an option, like using end of life solar panels as roofing material shingles..
I love this. Let us know when they go public, sounds like a great investment.