EVERPV Workshop - Towards a Circular Photovoltaic Industry

EVERPV “Highly efficient delamination technologies to recover and reuse metals, glass, and polymers from end-of-life photovoltaic panels” is a European project funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe program (Grant Agreement No. 101122208). The project aims to develop innovative and efficient recycling processes to recover materials with a high degree of purity from end-of-life photovoltaic (PV) panels.

The main objectives are to: (i) develop advanced delamination technologies for the recovery of end-of-life PV panels; (ii) demonstrate the reuse of recycled materials in the production of new PV modules and other industrial applications and (iii) assess the environmental, economic, and social impacts to ensure that recycling processes are both competitive and sustainable.

With a duration of 36 months (starting in September 2023), EVERPV represents a strategic step toward improving sustainability in the PV sector by maximizing the recovery and reuse of high-value materials, reducing the environmental impact of recycling, and supporting a circular economy in the photovoltaic industry.

Session Chairs

Marco Tammaro, ENEA, SSPT-Laboratory of Technologies for Waste and Secondary Raw Materials (RMP)
Francesca Fattori, ERION

Program

14.00 Introduction by the Chairs

14.10 Overview of the EVERPV Project
Philippe Thony, CEA

14.30 Novel mechanical delamination of End-of-Life PV panels using sanding process
Xavier Mackré-Delannoy, CEA

14.45 The Thermo-mechanical backsheet delamination plant by 9-Tech and ENEA
Pietrogiovanni Cerchier, 9-Tech
Valentina Piergrossi, ENEA

15.00 Recovery of recycled EVA in new matrices
Sonia Garcia, TECNALIA

15.15 Recycled EVA in EVA laminate for PV panels
LI Hengyu, CSEM

15.30 Towards a Circular Photovoltaic Industry
Vanessa Forti, UNITAR
Amalia Zucaro ENEA

15.45 Discussion and closure by the Chairs