Global Circular Solutions for End-of-Life Solar

We take decommissioned solar panels off your hands — and put every gram back to work.

PV Regen operates automated, 100% dry physical recycling for end-of-life solar modules. No chemicals, no process water, and a verifiable record for every single panel we handle. Asset owners get a clean compliance exit. Manufacturers get high-purity secondary raw materials. Both get carbon data they can put in front of an auditor.

Automated disassembly of a solar module inside a clean, modern processing facility
  • 100% Dry physical process
  • 0 Chemicals & process water
  • 1 : 1 Panel to traceable record

At a glance

  • 8 Material streams recovered
  • 18 kg Accounted for per module
  • 2 Operating locations
  • 5 Focus markets

Operating permits, certifications and reference details are provided in full at the start of any commercial engagement.

The disposal route decides everything that follows.

Landfilling a module throws away 18 kg of recoverable industrial material, and leaves a weighbridge ticket as the only record of where it went. Thermal and chemical recycling recovers more, but brings emissions control, wastewater treatment and solvent handling with it — and typically downgrades the glass to low-value aggregate. Our dry physical route uses neither heat-driven decomposition nor solvents: materials come out separated, at specification, and logged.

The disposal route decides everything that follows.
LandfillThermal & chemical recyclingPV Regen dry physical
Material recovery None Partial All eight fractions
Material grade Glass typically downgraded Kept at industrial spec
Process water Leachate risk Treatment required None used
Chemical inputs None Solvents / high heat None used
Auditable record Weighbridge only Batch level Per panel

What happens to a module here

Five stages, all mechanical, all dry.

  1. A solar module being scanned and registered on arrival

    Register

    Every panel is scanned, weighed and given a unique record.

  2. Aluminium frame being separated from a solar module

    Frame recovery

    Aluminium frames are removed intact, glass undamaged.

  3. Tempered glass being lifted clear of the laminate

    Glass recovery

    Tempered glass is separated whole and clean.

  4. Polymer and cell fractions being separated

    Material separation

    Backsheet polymers are separated from the cell fraction.

  5. Dry gravity sorting of fine silicon and metal fractions

    Fine sorting

    Silicon, copper and silver are sorted dry, no water used.

Traceability

One panel, one code.

Every module entering our facility is registered against a unique code and weighed at each stage. Matching input serials to fractional output weights gives a closed mass balance per panel — the basis for the recovery rates and carbon figures we report. It means our numbers are audit-ready, not estimated.

Traceability & carbon data
Module input 18.00 kg Tempered Glass 13.00 kg Aluminium Frame 2.20 kg Silicon Powder 1.20 kg EVA Polymer 0.80 kg Copper 0.35 kg Junction Box & Wires 0.20 kg PET Backsheet 0.20 kg Silver 10.0 g Process loss & residual 0.04 kg

Where we operate

Five markets where regulation is closing the landfill route, and where recovered material has somewhere to go.

United StatesEuropeSoutheast AsiaAustraliaTaiwan
  • United States

    State landfill restrictions and producer responsibility programmes

  • Europe

    WEEE producer responsibility, with ESPR requirements ahead

  • Southeast Asia

    Manufacturing scrap and supply-chain circularity evidence

  • Australia

    Product stewardship and concentrated repowering volumes

  • Taiwan

    Waste code D-2528 with mandatory official reporting

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