EVERPV is a Horizon european research project connecting sixteen partners aiming to study photovoltaic panels recycling, combining the most advanced technologies available.
Many solar panels made of valuable materials require a disposal plan.
Europe is facing material supply problems that may impact its energy sovereignty.
The EVERPV project targets issues
developing efficient and innovative recycling paths
enabling the recovery and reuse of high purity materials from the panels.
Project objectives
Demonstration and optimization of the abrasion process developed by CEA for the delamination of photovoltaic panels.
Demonstration and optimization of the IR process developed by ENEA for the delamination of photovoltaic panels
Validation of recovery with high purity of the materials present in the solar panel
Demonstrate the reusability of recovered materials
9-Tech actively participates in the project by supporting the development of the two technologies studied with its own experience and evaluating how they can integrate with its 9PV thermomechanical process.
Between the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024, tests were performed in the experimental plant on samples from which the backsheet had been removed from CEA and ENEA (partners of the project), respectively with abrasion and IR technologies.
The project drives great interest for 9-Tech because, in the case the integration results useful, one of the technologies will be integrated in the future with the new industrial-scale panel treatment plant, enabling the recovery of the backsheet.
Partners of the project
Projects for photovoltaic panel recycling
The innovative process for recovering materials from photovoltaic panels tested on a pilot scale.
The project to build a 4500 t/year recycling plant of photovoltaic panels in Porto Marghera (Venice)
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