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PV Resilience

Discover how solar panels can be designed for circularity, local production and disassembly.

Rethinking solar: aesthetic, integrated and design — © Biosphere Solar, Soluxa,TNO

Solar panels last for decades, but are difficult to recycle. PV Resilience brings companies and research institutes together to develop recycling processes and circular panels that can be taken apart, allowing valuable materials to be reused.

Rethinking solar

Solar energy is essential for a sustainable future, but conventional solar panels are difficult to dismantle and recycle. PV RESILIENCE starts at the design stage, developing solar products that use more circular materials and can be repaired, upgraded, reused or taken apart at the end of their lifetime.

Solar becomes part of the design

The project develops solar products that blend into buildings and their surroundings. These include flexible solar elements integrated into roofs and polymer structures, easy-to-disassemble solar modules, and coloured façade panels that combine energy generation with architectural freedom

From prototype to practice

The products are tested for performance and durability in laboratories and outdoor environments. Demonstrators show how the innovations work in practice, while life-cycle assessments explore their impact on materials, people and the environment. Ultimately, components from dismantled modules will be used to create new ultra-circular solar panels.

About TNO, Soluxa, Biosphere, Zuyd, Paneltim & Kamp C

TNO coordinates PV Resilience and develops recycling technologies. Biosphere Solar designs dismantlable solar modules, Soluxa develops aesthetic solar panels, Paneltim integrates solar cells into lightweight panels, Zuyd conducts applied research and testing, and Kamp C supports real-world demonstrations.
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