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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released an action plan to enable the safe and responsible handling of photovoltaic (PV) end-of-life (EOL) materials. The activities outlined in the plan will reduce the environmental impact of solar energy while supporting the Biden Administration’s goal to decarbonize the electricity grid by 2035.
However, this ramp-up in deployment has led to growing concerns about PV waste and toxicity. Communities, government agencies, and policymakers worry about the quantity of waste that could arise from decommissioning PV modules, as well as their potential to leach toxic metals.
These amounts are dwarfed by other types of waste, including municipal waste, coal ash, plastic waste, e-waste, and oily sludge. "PV waste is very manageable and should not delay deployment—it's not a reason to slow down," said Teresa Barnes, director of the Durable Module Materials (DuraMAT) Consortium.
Communities, government agencies and policymakers may be operating under outdated or false assumptions about PV module waste and toxicity hazards resulting in delay or unnecessary impediments to the rapid deployment of PV needed to meet decarbonization goals.
Nature Physics 19, 1376–1378 (2023) Cite this article Unsubstantiated claims that fuel growing public concern over the toxicity of photovoltaic modules and their waste are slowing their deployment. Clarifying these issues will help to facilitate the decarbonization that our world depends on.
The International Energy Agency confirmed that the only potential human health and environmental concerns in commercially produced PV modules are the trace amounts of lead in the solder of crystalline silicon modules and the cadmium in CdTe modules 13.
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