Presentation of the challenges related to the recycling of Silicon Kerf by LuxChemtech
Presentation of LuxChemtech and its role in ICARUS Based in the Ore Mountains in Saxony, LuxChemtech, the young German company, which was only founded in December 2019, is dedicated, among other things, to the recycling of semiconductor waste, critical materials and
[VIDEO] ICARUS – Challenges of the ingot manufacturing industry circularity
RESITEC prepared with Benkei a new video to present the challenges surrounding the circularity of the ingot manufacturing industry. There, RESITEC presents the management and processing of the materials, and describes the activities of the project pilot addressing the treatment
[VIDEO] ICARUS – Silicon : A strategic and critical raw material
A lot of challenges surround Silicon, a material both strategic and critical, at the center of the ICARUS project. On one hand, this material is responsible for the designation “Silicon Age” of the 20th Century due to its overwhelming use
[VIDEO] ICARUS – Silicon-Kerf recovery & Mono crystalline ingot growth
One of the steps of the manufacturing process of solar silicon wafers consists in shaping silicon ingots, into bricks and into wafers. Wafer slicing leads to a loss of 35% in mass and a contamination of the Silicon-Kerf. ICARUS aims
[VIDEO] ICARUS – M30 General Assembly in Cyprus: Presentation of UCY and project’ advancements
1 month ago, ICARUS' partners joined for the M30 meeting of the project in Nicosia. Theodora Kyratsi and Birgit Ryningen talk about project' advancements, in particular regarding WP6 - High End Applications, in this video filmed at the University of Cyprus.
[VIDEO] ICARUS – Waste Assessment
Waste assessment aims to collect information about other processes outputs and their properties beside the product. This assessment allows to know if we have a waste or a byproduct and if it is hazardous or not. The results of the
Technological advances on the treatment of Si-kerf, graphite and silica waste streams for the PV industry
Written by RESITEC 1. Introduction and summary 1.1 Purpose of the document The photovoltaic industry is one of the most mature among the renewable energy sources and is considered essential within the green shift. The total capacity installed surpassed 1 TW in 2021,
[VIDEO] First pilot campaign: Production of Silicon metal utilising waste from the PV industry
Northern Silicon AS and SINTEF have joined forces and successfully conducted a first pilot campaign, during which for the first time we produced silicon metal utilising waste from the PV industry. In this campaign, virgin high purity quartz raw material
Presentation of pot scrap recycling by ReSiTec
Presentation of ReSiTec and its role in ICARUS RESITEC AS is a Norwegian company, owned by Å Energy, that is specialized in the recycling of industrial waste and side stream materials, bringing them back to market and into a circular economy.
General Assembly in Freiberg, M24
All the members of the ICARUS consortium joined the 6th and 7th of June in Freiberg, Germany, for the mid-project meeting of ICARUS organized by LuxChemtech GmbH. It was the occasion for the partners to meet and discuss together the