![]() In January 2023, the Seoul-headquartered company announced it would invest more than $2.5 billion to build the US’s first complete solar supply chain in Georgia – the largest-ever investment in clean energy manufacturing in the US to date. It was also the first solar panel factory to be built since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. That’s at the high-achieving end of the current solar recycling industry standard – the US’s largest solar company, First Solar, says it can recover 90% of the value.Īt 8.4 gigawatts (GW) of production capacity expected to be reached this year and 4,000 jobs created, Qcells’ facility in Dalton, Georgia, is the US’s largest silicon-based solar panel factory. SOLARCYCLE says its patented solar panel recycling technology extracts more than 95% of the value in a module. Recycled materials from Qcells’ panels, such as aluminum, silver, copper, silicon, and low-iron glass, will be reused in the domestic supply chain to manufacture the next generation of clean energy products. It’s expected to create more than 600 new full-time jobs.įebruary 12: The newly announced solar panel recycling agreement between Qcells and SOLARCYCLE is a first-of-its-kind partnership between a large solar panel maker and an advanced solar recycler in the US. It will have the capacity to make 5 to 6 gigawatts (GW) of solar glass annually,Ĭonstruction is scheduled for this year, and it’s expected to be operational in 2026. This will make SOLARCYCLE one of the first makers of specialized glass for crystalline-silicon (c-Si) PV in the US. The $344 million factory will be in Cedartown, in Polk County, Georgia. ![]() In a nutshell, SOLARCYCLE will recycle old solar panels, manufacture new solar glass, and sell it right back to US solar panel makers. Following its announcement on Monday that it’s partnered with solar panel maker Qcells, it’s now announced that it will open the US’s first plant that makes new solar glass out of recycled materials. Solar panels made in the US’s largest silicon-based solar panel factory will now be recycled, thanks to a new partnership.įebruary 15: It’s been a helluva week for solar recycling company SOLARCYCLE. ![]()
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