Long-term Climate Strategy and Financial Performance
AFFORDABLE AND
CLEAN ENERGY
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
RESPONSIBLE
12 CONSUMPTION
AND PRODUCTION
CLIMATE
13 ACTION
Circular economy - Focus Solar
Inputs Material
Main materials used:
Aluminium
Glass
> Copper
> Steel
> Concrete
> Silicon
> Silver
KEY INITIATIVES (examples)
PV Circular Design (3SUN)
ā Useful Life
> 25 years average lifetime
> No significant volume at the end
of life expected before 2040
considering the installed capacity 1
Evaluation of the possibility to
introduce recycled materials into
the production process, such as
replacing the glass of the panels
with recycled plastic.
enel
New Life Cycle
> Current recyclability - 80% (steel,
aluminum, copper, glass already
fully recycled)
Estimated recyclability at 2025 ~
95% (improvement in the recycling
rate of precious materials (silicon,
silver etc).
Photorama project for PV
Recycling
EU Funded projects in
collaboration with 14 partners with
the aim to identify a suitable
treatment for the recovery of
PHOTORAMA precious materials reaching a total
recycling rate of 95 %.
End of 2021.
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