D'Adamo Idiano, Ferella Francesco, Gastaldi Massimo, Ippolito Nicolò M, Rosa Paolo
Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy.
Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Waste Manag Res. 2023 Jun;41(6):1144-1154. doi: 10.1177/0734242X221149327. Epub 2023 Jan 26.
Photovoltaic (PV) panels have a crucial role in coping with the global warming mitigation and the energetic crisis currently affecting the European Community. However, from the circular perspective of end-of-life (EoL) management, there are still big issues to be solved in order to recover materials from this kind of e-wastes. Because of several reasons (e.g. type of embedded materials, illegal shipments, location of manufacturers) EoL businesses do not have the interest in approaching them. This poses a significant environmental concern in terms of their management. This work wants to assess the profitability of a specific PV module recycling plant, by evaluating several market contexts in which multiple scenarios of material price, investment and process costs will be considered. The results for a 3000 tonnes plant show that profitability is not verified in the absence of an avoided landfill cost. Instead, when a value of 200 €/tonnes is applied, the net present value is positive in 35.2% of the scenarios and at 87.6% when a value of 350 €/tonnes is considered. The policy choice of this value requires linking the PV module disposal fee to the circular benefits associated with its recovery.
光伏（PV）板在应对全球变暖缓解以及当前影响欧洲共同体的能源危机方面发挥着关键作用。然而，从报废（EoL）管理的循环角度来看，为了从这类电子废物中回收材料，仍有重大问题有待解决。由于多种原因（例如嵌入式材料的类型、非法运输、制造商的位置），报废处理企业对处理它们没有兴趣。这在其管理方面构成了重大的环境问题。这项工作旨在通过评估几种市场情况来评估特定光伏组件回收厂的盈利能力，在这些市场情况中，将考虑材料价格、投资和工艺成本的多种情景。一个3000吨规模工厂的结果表明，在没有避免填埋成本的情况下，盈利能力无法得到验证。相反，当应用每吨200欧元的价值时，在35.2%的情景下净现值为正，而当考虑每吨350欧元的价值时，这一比例为87.6%。这个价值的政策选择需要将光伏组件处置费与与其回收相关的循环效益联系起来。
