With the passage of time, the use of solar panels has even become increasingly popular in water. However, the recycling has always been a big challenge and now Spain seems to have found the solution because of the Revalmping, but what is it about?
The popularity of solar panels
In search of a transition from sustainable energy, renewable energies have become increasingly popular, especially solar energy.
At the moment, The demand for solar panels has increased worldwide. However, when these systems complete their useful lifespan, there is no sustainable way to get rid of it.
Although there are some recycling plants, these are very little and do not allow all materials in a solar panel.
Spain arrives with innovative solutions
In search of solutions, Spain has arrived with a very innovative idea. A group of scientists from the University of Castilla-La Mancha has developed a technical and economic analysis about strategies of ‘renew’ o Innovation for an operational factory southeast of the country.
The renewal is a concept that refers to a change of components of a solar installation to extend its useful life and to improve efficiency.
An extensive but efficient analysis
The study analyzed a solar energy park that has been in operation since 2008. This has a nominal force of 100 kW, equal to the power of the investor. The installed peak power is 111 KWP and the set produces 170 MWh.
To perform the analysis, the researchers evaluated three scenarios:
He First scenario It consisted of direct replacement of solar panels with more efficient. For this, this scenario is also subdivided into 2 options:
- First: maintain the installed power with the new panels. As a result, annual energy production has risen somewhat to 197 MWh.
- Secondly: Increase the ability to a level that maintains overload losses under 3%. As a result, annual energy production rose to 218 MWh.
He Second scenario It was about retaining the solar panels but to change investors. In this case, the options for investor models were reduced because the system had a low voltage.
In this scenario, the annual energy production was therefore lower, with a total of 174 MWh.
He Third scenario It consisted of changing both panels and investors. For this option, the researchers used Le LR5-54 HTH 440 m modules and the Intam Ingecon Sun 100TL.
The largest annual energy production was obtained in this scenario, with a total of 223 MWh.
Based on this, the scientists have determined that scenario 3 is the best strategy to renew tanning factories, because it maximizes both energy production, with a total of 1,715 kWh for each kWp installed, such as economic profitability, with a period of recovery of less than 10 years .
Spain leads innovations
Until now, solutions were only limited to recycling plants, although even in it, Spain was already in charge.
In Ineffectual An innovative project is being carried out in the field of recycling of solar panels. This is the European photovoltaic recycling center (Cerfo). An initiative was aimed at recycling polyristaline silicon solar panels at the end of his useful lifespan.
This plant It is the first to recover a component as difficult as siliconSo it’s also a milestone for Europe. These innovations leave Spain very well positioned as a leader in innovations of sustainability and solar energy.
On the other hand, although recycling is a good initiative, the refurbishment analysis represents another alternative that extends the useful life of the photovoltaic system without having to recycle all components and waste production.
In conclusion, renewal is a great step for solar energy, as well as the strangest and most powerful panel. These types of developments show that innovation is also possible with renewable energetic.