Chinese Regulators Support Photovoltaic Equipment Manufacturers To Establish A Distributed Photovoltaic Recycling System

Published: Aug 17, 2023 16:28
On August 17, the National Development and Reform Commission and other government departments issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Recycling of Decommissioned Wind Power and Photovoltaic Equipment", which mentioned that by 2025, the responsibility mechanism for the disposal of decommissioned equipment in centralized wind farms and photovoltaic power stations will be basically established.

On August 17, the National Development and Reform Commission and other government departments issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Recycling of Decommissioned Wind Power and Photovoltaic Equipment", which mentioned that by 2025, the responsibility mechanism for the disposal of decommissioned equipment in centralized wind farms and photovoltaic power stations will be basically established, relevant standards and specifications for the recycling of photovoltaic equipment will be further improved, and breakthroughs will be made in key technologies for resource recycling. By 2030, the full-process recycling technology system for wind power and photovoltaic equipment will be basically mature, the resource recycling model will be more complete, the resource recycling capacity will be effectively matched with the decommissioning scale, the standards will be more complete, and the resource recycling level of the wind power and photovoltaic industries will be significantly improved, and a batch of decommissioned wind power and photovoltaic equipment recycling industry clusters will be formed.

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