Year: 2021
Type: report
Abstract: Industry stakeholders, regulators, and policymakers in the United States are starting to develop policies for PV module recycling. Well-designed policies could reduce negative environmental impacts and resource constraints while opening new market and employment opportunities. This paper summarizes drivers, barriers, and enablers related to PV module recycling, which might be addressed via policy. It then analyzes existing and proposed U.S. policies that may affect PV module recycling. Among the global and national voluntary industry stewardship standards related to EoL PV management, this paper discusses a Solar Energy Industries Association program encouraging PV recycling among its U.S. membership. The paper concludes with a synthesis of policy-related factors that may encourage effective EoL PV module management.
DOI: 10.2172/1774839
Authors: Taylor Curtis, Heather Buchanan, Garvin Heath, Ligia Smith, Stephanie Shaw
Institution: National Laboratory of the Rockies
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Public Utilities Commission, International Science and Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
OpenAlex ID: W3154727574