Top 8 Solar Panel Recycling startups

Updated: February 08, 2024

Solar panel recycling startups are developing automated dismantling systems, innovative separation processes, and efficient material recovery methods, to effectively and sustainably recycle end-of-life solar panels, enabling the recovery of valuable materials like silicon, glass, and metals, reducing electronic waste and conserving resources.
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Country: USA | Funding: $36.6M
Solarcycle is a solar technology company that builds a circular economy for solar and renewables.
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Country: Germany | Funding: €3.7M
HighLine Technology develops and commercializes highly efficient dispensing technology. They are working to reduce material usage in the PV sector, increasing its competitiveness and sustainability.
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Country: USA
We Recycle Solar is innovating lifecycle management for photovoltaic devices. We're bringing decades of expertise in asset recovery and electronics recycling to the solar industry. We Recycle Solar is your single-source disposal provider for excess, recalled, and end-of-life solar products.
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Country: Germany
By applying own IP protected remanufacturing process onto decommissioned (early-loss) solar modules, SunCrafter upcycles them into extremely robust plug-and-play solar generators. Through this approach, the lifespan of solar panels is drastically extended.
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Country: Italy
Tialpi is developing a process to recycle end-of-life solar panels that promises to recover 100% of a PV module’s weight.
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Country: USA | Funding: $957.9K
TG Companies makes the solar industry sustainable by providing recycling service and equipment for end-of-life solar cells and modules. The chemical concoction developed by TG Companies is used to extract silver, tin, copper, and lead from the cells, leaving behind silicon.
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Country: France
ROSI is a company offering innovative solutions for recycling and revalorization of raw materials in the photovoltaic industry.
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Country: Germany
FLAXRES has set itself the task to revolutionize the recycling of composite materials. With a process based on high-intensity light pulses, photovoltaic modules can be separated into their main fractions. Thanks to the innovative method, the components obtained are of high quality and can be profitably returned to the materials cycle.