ReSiELP

Recovery of Silicon and other materials from End-of-Life Photovoltaic Panels

The EIT project, ReSiELP (Recovery of Silicon and othermaterials from End-of-Life Photovoltaic Panels) aims to recover secondary raw materials from the recycling treatment of photovoltaic panels at the end of their life. The project is funded by the raw materials organization KIC Raw Materials (Knowledge Innovation Community) and is coordinated by the French CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives).

ReSiELP sees the participation for Italy of ENEA (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), UNPD (University of Padua), CETMA (European Research Center for Technologies, Design and Materials), of the ITO and TREEE companies. The Austrian consulting firm Proko and the Hungarian Bay Zoltan (a non-profit research company) also participate. In 2020, a pilot plant was built in Italy, at the TREEE plant, to recover silicon, silver, copper, aluminum and glass from photovoltaic panels.