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The solar industry has a particular responsibility when it comes to sustainability.

ESG: The EU wants to be a pioneer

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SolarPower Europe has published a report outlining the principles of sustainable management, offering guidance for companies in the solar value chain on how to develop and market clean products.

This is what the recycling plant in Schwarzheide will look like - powered by green electricity, of course. It lowers the carbon footprint of electric vehicles.
Battery recycling:

BASF builds battery recycling plant in Lusatia in eastern Germany

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From 2025, BASF will fully recycle shredded spent batteries in Schwarzheide. The plant will then recover materials for new lithium-ion batteries, entirely in the spirit of a circular economy.

The new Q.Home Core storage solution from Q Cells.
France:

Q Cells showcases storage solution and low-carbon module at Energaia

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Q Cells’ latest integrated inverter and battery system, Q.Home Core, have jointly been showcased at the exhibition with the new Q.Tron n-type module. Q Cells has also exhibited its new low-CFP Q.Peak Duo M-G11 solar module in Montpellier.

Fraunhofer ISE:

European glass-glass PV modules particularly climate-friendly

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Researchers at the Fraunhofer ISE have calculated that silicon photovoltaic modules manufactured in the EU produce 40 per cent less CO2 emissions than modules manufactured in China. See here why that is the case:

Volker Haider is Head of Product Marketing at Fronius International.
Volker Haider of Fronius:

"A growing trend towards sector coupling"

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Fronius has added devices for small systems to its range of inverters this year. Volker Haider, Head of Product Marketing at Fronius International, explains which other solutions the company has developed and where the trends in power electronics are heading.

One megawatt’s worth of backsheets reuse over 16,000 PET bottles.
Decarbonisation:

PV backsheets with recycled content

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DuPont Teijin Films is a producer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) films. The company has created backsheets for solar modules made of 33 percent recycled materials.

The solar array will also power this, Ireland’s first electric, zero emission refuse collection vehicle (eRCV).
Ireland:

Beauparc go solar with Enerpower at IPRs recycling facility

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Beauparc’s, Irish Packaging Recycling (IPR) Facility at Ballymount has gone solar with the installation of a roof top solar panel array. Installed by Waterford company Enerpower, the array will ensure that Beauparc continues to drive forward with their sustainability strategy.

A roof-integrated PV system from Failte Solar Ireland.
Ireland:

Viridian Solar and Failte Solar in Partnership for Ireland

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Viridian Solar and Failte Solar are to work together in Ireland. Failte Solar has added Clearline fusion roof integrated solar to its online webshop and is holding stock at its County Clare warehouse.

Geyser Batteries produces energy storage used for heavy-duty applications in the power grid, industrial machinery and electric transportation industries.
Battery production:

Geyser Batteries with smaller carbon footprint than the industry average

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An independent assessment has confirmed that Geyser Batteries has the lowest-in-class carbon footprint in the battery industry.