9-Tech
Photovoltaic panels
Apulia, Batteries, Battery Anodes, Ferroalloys, Photovoltaic cells, Photovoltaic panels recycling, Refurbishment, RIS capacity building, Silicon

Parsival

The Parsival project is a two-year RIS Capacity Building project, which began on January 1, 2023 and coordinated by 9-Tech.

The objective of the project is to mobilize the triangle of knowledge (education, research and innovation) and create a network on a European scale around the challenge relating to the recovery and reuse of materials obtained from end-of-life photovoltaic panels, in particular silicon ( Critical Raw Material).

RIS capacity building projects, in particular, must have as goal the solution of territorial issues about procurement, recycling and reuse of raw materials in RIS (Regional Innovation Scheme) areas.

Apulia is in a RIS area (Southern Italy) and the disposal of end of life panels is an emergin issue:

2.9 GW of installed photovoltaic power

First Italian region for photovoltaic power

Early 2000s

Boom in photovoltaic installations

25 years

Average life time of a photovoltaic panel

Significant quantity of panels to be disposed of in the years to come

245,000 tons of decommissioned photovoltaic panels to be managed within the next 15 years

Lack of treatment plants

For now there are no treatment plants for this waste in Puglia: this problem is common to other European regions, for example Extremadura in Spain which is also a RIS area.

The project aims to build the framework for refurbishment and recycling facilities for end-of-life photovoltaic panels in these areas. In this way it will be possible to allocate the repairable panels to a second life and the materials, recovered from the no longer reusable panels, to different supply chains. For silicon, three different applications will be studied during the project:

  • silicon-based ferroalloys;
  • material for battery anodes;
  • production of new photovoltaic cells.

The success of the project, which also includes an educational part, may benefit these areas but also other European countries.

Celle di pannelli fotovoltaici riciclate

Partners of the project

Four partners are involved from four countries (Italy, France, Germany, Spain):

9-Tech

Coordination, feasibility study in Apulia and supply of cells for the study in different applications

Aeneas (IT)

Recovered silicon research, communication and dissemination activities

Cea (IT)

Supporting the feasibility study for the implementation of a treatment plant in Puglia

Erion (IT)

Installation analysis and forecast of PV waste streams in Apulia.
Contribution to the feasibility study for a reprocessing/recycling plant.

JPM Silicon (DE)

Validation of recovered silicon purification processes for photovoltaic applications

Fundaciòn Gòmez Pardo (ES)

Study of application of study results in Extremadura, Spain

University of Padua (IT)

Research on the production of Fe-Si alloys from recovered cells; training and scientific outreach

University of Salento

Higher education and outreach initiatives on recycling in Puglia

Norcsi (DE)

Construction and validation of anodes and batteries with silicon recovered from end-of-life PV panels

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Projects for photovoltaic panel recycling

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