Startup Planning Biggest US Solar Recycling Plant
- Solarcycle to invest $400 million in recycling, glass plant
- Georgia facility will recycle about 10 million panels a year
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Solarcycle Inc. is planning a solar-panel recycling facility in Georgia that it says will be the biggest in the US, and will be needed to address a growing issue as demand for clean energy climbs.
The startup’s complex will go into service next year and will be able to process about 2 million panels annually by 2026, according to Chief Executive Officer Suvi Sharma. Eventually, the company expects the site to recycle 10 million panels a year — the equivalent of 5 gigawatts of generation capacity — and will help supply a neighboring plant making glass for new panels.