Article about upcycling silicon waste from end-of-life solar panels into thermoelectric cells. https://www.pv-magazine-india.com/2022/05/24/upcycling-silicon-waste-from-end-of-life-solar-panels-into-thermoelectrics/
Archive for the ‘recycling’ Category:
2022-05-05 New Washing Machine Replaces Old
My decade old GE started leaking on the floor after the bearings went out – it howled like a banshee. I went to Lowe’s and bought a new Maytag and the salesdroid wanted me to pay $40 to have the old one hauled away. I said no thanks, I’ll get rid of it. But I
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2022-04-23 China To Add 90GW Solar
90 GW is a huge amount of solar – that’s like adding 30 full sized power plants! But China’s voracious appetite for an ever increasing amount of electricity is causing them to build more fossil fuel power plants. What the world needs is to end the horrible addiction to cheap throwaway goods from China and
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2021-11-05 Solar Panel Life Cycle Assessment
This 8 minute DW video talks about solar panel life cycle assessment. https://youtu.be/EWV4e453y8Y In the E.U. Recycling is compulsory. New processes to recycle panels.
2021-09-28 German Offshore Wind Farms; Recycling Blades
The narrator goes to the offshore wind turbine to show us a 6.2 MW wind turbine. The key takeaway is that these offshore wind turbines solve the wind turbine intermittency problem because it’s windy as hell out there 24 hours, 365 days a year. He said the transmission line to southern Germany was supposed to
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2021-09-12 Tesla Recycles All Of Battery Packs
New Tesla Battery Recycling Process Reportedly Produces No Waste https://insideevs.com/news/525965/tesla-battery-recycling-no-waste/
2021-07-12 CO2 To Syngas Using Sabatier Process
Read Applications section for pilot plants that use CO2 to make CH4 that can be used in the existing natural gas system. Also it’s being used to power a fleet of cars. Only problem with CO2 capture to syngas is that it doesn’t permanently remove the CO2 from the atmosphere. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabatier_reaction Quote: << The Sabatier
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2021-07-10 Food Made From Captured Carbon
This is something I haven’t read about, a way to capture CO2 and use it and microbes to grow protein. https://www.dezeen.com/2021/06/29/carbon-solar-foods-pasi-vainikka-solein/ It says we exhale much of the carbon we eat. I started thinking about the possibility of someday we would wear a breathing apparatus that captures the CO2 we exhale and use something, possibly
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2021-07-01 Battery Recycling Uses Ultrasonics
The battery’s valuable materials are delaminated or stripped away using a high power ultrasonic cleaning machine. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/06/30/from-toothbrushes-to-saving-the-planet-how-ultrasonic-delamination-could-hold-the-key-to-battery-recycling/
2021-06-06 Top 7 Solar Myths Debunked
Stop spreading misinformation and lies! This article tells you the truth and debunks the myths. https://www.cleanenergyreviews.info/blog/top-myths-about-solar-panels
