Other examples include Photorama, a project investigating technologies to improve the recycling of PVs and the recovery of secondary raw materials; and Icarus, which is working towards achieving higher rates of silicon recycling from solar PVs.
Numerous technical challenges exist around recycling materials from renewable energy technologies — such as in separating and recycling composite materials. Some initiatives and projects across the EU are already trying to address these challenges. For example, Blades2Build is developing solutions for recycling wind turbine blades, with the aim of decreasing the disposal of blades in EU landfill by 90% come 2030. ReProSolar, a five-year project launched in 2021, is exploring methods to recover all solar panel elements at an industrial scale. Other examples include Photorama, a project investigating technologies to improve the recycling of PVs and the recovery of secondary raw materials; and Icarus, which is working towards achieving higher rates of silicon recycling from solar PVs.