Recent progress towards photovoltaics' circular economy

MKH Rabaia, C Semeraro, AG Olabi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Massive expansions in the global population and the global digitalization throughout the
industrial revolution are causing energy security issues that are no longer environmentally …

Next-generation reverse logistics networks of photovoltaic recycling: Perspectives and challenges

E Iakovou, EN Pistikopoulos, J Walzberg, F Iseri, H Iseri… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
With the growing adoption of solar energy as a key component of the global energy
transition and its new industrial policy (the Inflation Reduction Act and others), the United …

[HTML][HTML] How circular is the European photovoltaic industry? Practical insights on current circular economy barriers, enablers, and goals

R Nyffenegger, Ä Boukhatmi, T Radavičius… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although the shift to renewable energy is essential to combat the climate crisis, the current
linear economic model in the European photovoltaic (PV) industry creates increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Circular economy strategies as enablers for solar PV adoption in organizational market segments

W Van Opstal, A Smeets - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2023 - Elsevier
While the uptake of solar energy has been a success in recent years, PV panels will cause
an increasing waste problem in the coming decades. At the same time, it is important to …

[HTML][HTML] A framework and baseline for the integration of a sustainable circular economy in offshore wind

APM Velenturf - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Circular economy and renewable energy infrastructure such as offshore wind farms are
often assumed to be developed in synergy as part of sustainable transitions. Offshore wind …

Circular economy priorities for photovoltaics in the energy transition

H Mirletz, S Ovaitt, S Sridhar, TM Barnes - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Among the many ambitious decarbonization goals globally, the US intends grid
decarbonization by 2035, requiring 1 TW of installed photovoltaics (PV), up from~ 110 GW in …

Impact of government subsidies on the innovation performance of the photovoltaic industry: Based on the moderating effect of carbon trading prices

X Xu, X Cui, X Chen, Y Zhou - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, there is much concern about traditional energy transition owing to the
exacerbation of various environmental issues. As a highly developed industry in terms of …

Investment and pricing in solar photovoltaic waste recycling with government intervention: A supply chain perspective

Q Zhang, C Liu, S Zheng - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The upcoming end-of-life (EoL) solar photovoltaic (PV) waste stream is a huge concern
because of environmental and economic factors. However, previous studies have focused …

[HTML][HTML] When do circular business models resolve barriers to residential solar PV adoption? Evidence from survey data in flanders

W Van Opstal, A Smeets - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar energy is an important renewable energy source to support a decarbonization of our
energy mix. Although the uptake of solar PV surged in the last decade, many households …