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Recycling renewables

Clean energy

15 companies working to recycle wind turbines, solar panels and batteries

We need to figure out cheap and efficient ways to recycle clean-energy hardware. From startups to incumbents, here are the innovators tackling this challenge.

By Canary Staff . 17 June 2022
Batteries

Chart: China is trouncing the US on battery recycling

In Asia and Europe, policy is driving the growth of lithium-ion battery recycling. The U.S. still lacks rules that would spur industry momentum.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 17 June 2022
Electric vehicles

How to prepare for the coming flood of used EV batteries

Here are four policy ideas to help the U.S. start developing a nationwide system to reuse and recycle electric vehicle batteries.

By Julian Spector . 15 June 2022
Solar

New startup aims to recycle 95% of high-value content from solar panels

Solarcycle just landed $6.6 million in venture capital funding to power its giga-scale recycling ambitions.

By Eric Wesoff . 14 June 2022
Wind

Four smart ideas for keeping wind turbine blades out of landfills

As wind energy expands, researchers and manufacturers are developing ways to repurpose and recycle blades that can be as long as airplane wings.

By Maria Gallucci . 14 June 2022
Electric vehicles

EV battery recycling is costly. These 5 startups could change that

Meet the American companies making lithium-ion battery recycling more profitable and sustainable than it’s ever been.

By Julian Spector . 13 June 2022
Clean energy

Why we need to recycle clean energy technologies — and how to do it

Millions of tons of spent solar panels, wind turbine blades and lithium-ion batteries could be wasted in landfills — or put back to use for the clean energy transition.

By Jeff St. John . 13 June 2022

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