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End-of-Life Panel Recycling
Our Projects
ROSI keeps developing new technologies to stay at the edge of what is feasible.
Project Overview
INSPIRE‑PV is an EU Innovation Fund project led by ROSI to industrialize high‑value recycling of photovoltaic (PV) modules in Europe. It addresses the rapidly growing wave of end‑of‑life PV waste which is expected to reach 10 million tons in Europe by 2050, and the need to recover strategic materials such as silicon, silver, copper, aluminum, and glass. The project builds a two‑site recycling ecosystem: ROSI Energy Iberia in Spain for large‑scale bulk material recovery through thermal process, and ROSI Alpes in France for advanced chemical refinement of silicon and silver. Using ROSI’s proprietary pyrolysis, mechanical sorting, and mild chemical processes, the project will recycle up to 10,000 tons/year by 2033, achieving over 95% material recovery. Over its first decade, INSPIRE‑PV will treat 75,000 tons of PV modules, avoid 63,706 tCO₂, and strengthen Europe’s circular economy and raw‑material independence.
Benificiaries of the project: ROSI, ROSI Alpes, and ROSI Iberia
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QUASAR
The QUASAR project aims to develop and implement solutions for a systematic collection and management methodology and decision-making tools for EOL-PV modules.
Project Overview
QUASAR will develop and implement solutions for a systematic collection and management methodology and decision-making tools for EOL-PV modules. End-of-life decision-making will be facilitated by issuing a digital product passport to assess the condition of EOL-PV installations for reuse/repair/recycling in the field and at waste treatment facilities. Technological repair solutions will be provided, as well as guidelines for second-life guarantees, quality thresholds, product reliability, labeling and tracking.
QUASAR will develop and demonstrate two emerging recycling technologies based on controlled thermal and chemical treatment delamination [Pilot A] and water jet delamination [Pilot B], targeting EOL-PV recycling rates of 70-90% for high-purity silicon, metals, glass and polymers for reuse in the photovoltaic industry, as well as in the semiconductor, specialty chemical, float glass or other products industries.
To achieve its specific objectives, QUASAR is bringing together a multidisciplinary consortium involving commercial players from the entire EOL supply chain: photovoltaic module manufacturers, large-scale photovoltaic system operators, collectors, recyclers and end-users of recycled secondary raw materials.
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ICARUS: Recycling of silicon production wastes: kerf, graphite and silica.
Innovative eco-efficient processing and refining routes for secondary raw materials from silicon ingot and wafer manufacturing for accelerated utilization in high-end markets.
Project Overview
The ICARUS project focuses on the recycling of silicon production wastes: kerf, graphite and silica. Recycling and reusing this waste will not only significantly reduce silicon production costs, but also reduce the ecological impact of silicon production.
The various materials are collected and pre-treated, then sent to 3 pilot reprocessing lines for different final purities. As part of the project, ROSI is developing one of these lines, focusing on kerf recycling.
The aim of this reprocessing line is to purify and recondition kerf into silicon on a pre-industrial scale, with a purity target of 99.9999%.
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Project Overview
The ReProSolar project aims to establish an innovative industrial process for recycling end-of-life silicon-based photovoltaic modules, in order to reclaim all the valuable raw materials they contain, such as copper, aluminum, silver, silicon and glass.
The project integrates all aspects of the recycling chain, including the management of end-of-life module flows, the development of innovative delamination and material purification technologies, and the reintegration of these materials into various industries.
By demonstrating its industrial viability through the construction and regular operation of a first industrial line of this type, with a nominal annual capacity of 5,000 tonnes of end-of-life modules, ReProSolar will also meet the three major challenges of the circularity of the PV chain, namely the economic, environmental and societal aspects.
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CE-RISE: Circular Economy Resource Information System
CE-RISE project aims to create an information system and integrate digital product passports, that will share detailed information on electronic products
Project Overview
CE-RISE will develop the system to provide stakeholders, including consumers, with a better understanding of the green credentials of electronic products and how to preserve important raw materials through the reuse, repair and recycling of these items.
ROSI will lead the case study C for piloting the CE-RISE information system in European supply chains of the solar panel industry. This pilot case will communicate the environmental benefits of circularity of different PV panels and the benefit of high-value recycling of end-of-life PV panels. This will involve the interaction between PV manufacturers, PV recyclers (ROSI) , and secondary materials off-takers (such as silicon).
The applications of the information system developed by CE-RISE project will be tested in this case study, including GHG emissions analysis, recyclability and circularity assessment, material data tracking, etc
Granting Authority: European Health and Digital Executive Agency
