Enel's Energy Infrastructure Growth and Resilience
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
X Useful Life
25 years average lifetime
> No significant volume at the end
of life expected before 2040
considering the installed capacity 1
enel
New Life Cycle
-
> Current recyclability ~ 80% (steel,
alumiunium, copper, glass already
fully recycled)
Estimated recyclability at 2025
- 95%
(improvement in the recycling rate of
precious materials: silicon, silver, etc)
Silver
KEY INITIATIVES (examples)
PV Circular Design (3SUN)
Technologies are being developed
to introduce to introduce recycled
materials into the production
process, such as replacing the
glass of the panels with recycled
plastic.
1.
End of 2022.
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%.
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