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Landfill Waste Disposal of Solar Modules Pose No Significant Health Hazard: IEA Report

There are no significant health hazards for landfill waste disposal of used solar modules, according to a new report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA)....

August 20, 2020

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Modules

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Solar
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Researchers at NREL Assess Ways to Recycle Silicon Used in Solar Modules

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have conducted the first global assessment of various approaches used to manage solar photovoltaic (PV)...

July 24, 2020

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Solar

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Technology
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IBM Claims to Have Come Up with A Battery that Could Replace Lithium-Ion

A new research finding at IBM Research could help eliminate the use of heavy metals in battery production, and this could lead to a paradigm shift in the long-term...

January 3, 2020

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Energy Storage

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Technology
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Researchers Find a Way to Extract Silicon from Discarded Solar Panels and Use it in Batteries

Researchers at the Deakin University have come up with an innovative way to extract silicon for discarded solar panels and turn it into nano silicon for batteries. This...

November 18, 2019

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Solar

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Technology

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