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A Clean, Green Way to Recycle Solar Panels

Cars That Think

Inside a shipping container in an industrial area of Venice, the Italian startup 9-Tech is taking a crack at a looming global problem: how to responsibly recycle the 54 million to 160 million tonnes of solar modules that are expected to reach the end of their productive lives by 2050. Recovering the materials won’t be easy.

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The solar industry’s low-tech problem and how to fix it

Electrek

Kirk Edelman, chief commercial officer at New York City-headquartered solar development, construction, and asset management company Safari Energy , told Electrek about the three technologies that the solar industry needs to adopt in order to revolutionize processes and infrastructure.

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DSM and Lightyear to scale the commercialization of integrated solar roofs for EVs

Green Car Congress

High-tech mobility innovator Lightyear and Royal DSM will jointly scale the commercialization of Lightyear’s unique solar-powered roof for the electric vehicle market. To accelerate this growth, the EV industry now needs to overcome the twin hurdles of limited range and grid-dependency.

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This Engineer’s Solar Panels Are Breaking Efficiency Records

Cars That Think

The show highlighted rooftop solar panels in Germany, explaining that the panels generated electricity to power the buildings and even earned the owners money by letting them sell extra energy back to the electricity company. Invented in 1983, PERCs are used today in nearly 90 percent of solar panels on the market.

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This Texas solar farm’s panels will sit flat on the ground

Electrek

Erthos, an Arizona energy tech company that makes Earth Mount Solar PV, a mounting system that secures solar panels flat to the ground, signed an agreement with renewable energy developer Industrial Sun for a 100+ megawatt (MW) solar project in Texas.

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Aptera’s latest update teases its solar EV app, battery tech, and delivery timelines [Video]

Baua Electric

Solar EV startup Aptera Motors continued its welcomed level of public transparency today, posting another progress update video for February, offering some juicy details. Fambro said CTNS is moving quickly and will provide Aptera with “some of the most energy-dense and safe battery packs in the EV industry.”

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Aptera begins offering the public an opportunity to invest in its solar tech via self-directed IRA

Baua Electric

Solar EV startup Aptera Motors has announced a clever new demand lever to get more of the public to invest in its technology en route to initial vehicle production later this year. As always, Aptera’s solar EVs are available for pre-order now for $100 down, but you can reserve one for $70 using this link.

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