[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
[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
Video: silicon waste inventory
During the production of solar panels large resource flows are generated. Currently some largely end up as waste. Here the challenge in re-use is connected to the material properties: the composition, purity and morphology will determine how the current waste
Video presenting the project
SINTEF and BENKEI prepared a video to present the project value chain and expectations. You can watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/umgWwY4VLfo
Participation to WCPEC-8 2022
Yijiang Xu (SINTEF) and Wolfram Palizsch (LuxChemTech) will present posters at the WCPEC-8 (https://www.wcpec-8.com/), during the session: Sustainability Aspects, Life Cycle Analysis and Recycling of PV/ Experiences from Solar Energy Adoption: 29 September, 10h (5DV.2.52): Inventory of Waste Materials from