National PV Recycling Program SEIA PV Recycling Working Group September 14, 2016 About SEIA • U.S. National Trade Association for Solar Energy • Founded in 1974 • 1,000 member companies from all 50 states • Our Mission: Build a strong solar industry to power America • Our Goal: 100 gigawatts of solar capacity by 2020 September 13, 2016 © 2016 Solar Energy Industries Association® 2 PV Recycling Working • Members: First Solar, Flex, Group JinkoSolar, Panasonic, SolarCity, SunPower, Trina Solar • Building an end-of-life solution to ensure clean energy solutions do not pose a waste burden for future generations • Committed to responsible end-of-life management • Proactively developing collection and recycling processes PV Waste PV Waste • PV industry is still in a • Gives the solar industry the relatively early stage and opportunity to establish a volumes of PV waste are proactive waste-management currently and will remain infrastructure relatively low • Gives recyclers time to plan • PV panels are similar in size, and build infrastructure shape and composition • Goal is to develop closed loop • PV recycling processes may and high-value recycling vary by technology program SEIA’s National PV Recycling Program • Identify and recommend recyclers who can manage PV waste while striving to avoid landfill options • Provides SEIA members with specific account management and members-only pricing • Establish new and innovative processes • Track waste over time and ensure timely solutions and channels are available when waste volumes increase SEIA Contacts Membership: Thomas Kiggen, Director of Membership E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1-202-540-5347 Codes & Standards: Evelyn M. Butler Director of Codes & Standards E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1-202-681-4156 September 15, 2016 © 2016 Solar Energy Industries Association® 7 Thank you for attending! Energy Storage Technologies & Standards Jim McDowall Solar Power International Las Vegas – September 2016 Solar and storage – 3 solution levels – Make it compatible – Make it predictable – Make it dispatchable when needed Power-to-energy ratio Shifting Shaping Renewables Smoothing Energy Non- Ancillary management Renewables services Seconds Minutes Hours 2 SPI 2016 - Energy Storage Standards
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