Sustainability and minimizing the impact of energy generation on the environment are two of the key principles driving the development of solar energy, stated Jerry Stokes, Suntech’s vice president of strategy and business development. We believe that module life-cycle management and comprehensive recycling is a natural extension of these concepts.
With over 1.1GW of Suntech solar products shipped worldwide since our inception, we believe it is essential that Suntech take a proactive role in developing effective recycling programs. We are looking forward to collaborating with the PV CYCLE association and further developing our internal module recycling initiative, added Stokes.
PV CYCLE welcomes Suntech as the latest member to our Association, which now covers around 80% of the European photovoltaic market with its 35 member companies spread around the globe. We look forward to seeing many more members joining our voluntary take-back and recycling program. We need to ensure the inclusion of all photovoltaic manufacturers and importers enforcing and maximizing the representation of our responsibility as producers. Doing so will make the photovoltaic industry truly DoubleGreen, stated Jan Clyncke, managing director of PV CYCLE A.I.S.B.L.
With the first considerable installations in the early 1990s, full-scale end-of-life recycling is still another 10 to 15 years away.
