🌞 SOLVE Webinar: Sustainability and Recycling in Photovoltaics

2025-04-17

📅 Date: May 5th, 2025
🕝 Time: 13:30–15:30 (CEST)
📍 Location: Online via Zoom
🔗 Click here to register (Registration required)
🌍 Join us for an open webinar hosted by the SOLVE!
In this webinar, we will focus on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), recycling of critical materials, and circular strategies for photovoltaic (PV) technologies. You'll hear from researchers actively involved in international collaborations, including IEA PVPS Task 12 and the RETRIEVE project.

🗓️ Agenda

13:25 – Open the meeting

13:30–13:40 – Welcome & Introduction – Michiel Van Noord (RISE) / André Augusto (Dalarna University)

13:40–13:50 – Dr. Ilham Ihoume (Dalarna University)
LCA of Photovoltaic Systems: Ongoing Research Activities in SOLVE

13:50–14:15 – Dr. Sebastian Nold (Fraunhofer ISE / IEA PVPS Task 12, Germany)
Photovoltaics Bottom-Up LCA and Key Parameters Influencing the CO₂ Footprint

14:15–14:20 – ☕ Coffee Break

14:20–14:35 – Dr. Burçak Ebin (Chalmers University of Technology / Competence Centre Recycling / IEA PVPS Task 12, Sweden)
The Critical Role of Silver and Indium Recycling in PV Sustainability

14:35–15:00 – Dr. Rune Søndenå (IFE, Norway)
Recycling of End-of-Life Silicon in the RETRIEVE Project

15:00–15:30 – Roundtable discussion led by Michiel Van Noord (RISE) / André Augusto (Dalarna University)

📎 Attachments:
You can download the detailed abstracts and speaker bios here:
👉 SOLVE_Webinar_Abstracts_Bios.pdf Pdf, 237 kB.

📣 Registration is required.
Please sign up in advance using the registration link above. The Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registered participants prior to the event.

📌 Note: The webinar will be conducted in English.