More states are considering who will foot the bill for recycling the surge of solar panel waste expected to materialize over the next couple of decades.
Estimates put the cost of recycling all the panels in a typical 100-megawatt utility system at as much as $11.2 million. Recycling panels for the nation’s largest solar farms, some of which have a 500-plus megawatt capacity, could run much higher.
Recycling one solar panel costs $15 to $45—significantly more than the $1 to $5 per-panel cost of sending it to a landfill, according to a US Department of Energy analysis ...
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