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Broken and worn-out solar panels can be recycled, but it's not easy. Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images It’s hard work soaking up sunlight to generate clean electricity. After about 25 ...

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YUMA — Adam Saghei walks among hundreds of discarded solar panels, collecting dust instead of power under the relentless Arizona sun at the We Recycle Solar facility. The rows of stacked panels ...

Recycling outdated renewable energy components, from wind turbines to solar panels and EV batteries, is emerging as a critical step toward making the green transition truly sustainable.

As solar and wind power have taken off around the world, so has the backlash against the waste they generate when the equipment has to be retired. Stories about wind turbine graveyards and solar ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Anurag Srivastava, West Virginia University (THE CONVERSATION) It’s hard work soaking ...

It’s hard work soaking up sunlight to generate clean electricity. After about 25 to 30 years, solar panels wear out. Over the years, heating and cooling cycles stress the materials. Small cracks ...