Hi Mark. Great question! This is an important consideration. Tesla has a recycling facility at their Nevada plant for their batteries. Curious how other LFP manufacturers recommend end of life handling. Speaking of waste, As you all are installing systems of all varieties, what are you finding with regard to non sustainable packaging in all your "clean" energy materials. I am troubled that after many of our installs we have a pile of plastic and styrofoam as big as the the balance of system installation. Sometimes bigger. It drives me crazy to have this blight on our installation. I am often embarrassed when the customer points out this dichotomy of the installation. Which manufacturers are you happiest with in regards to environmentally friendly packaging materials for inverters, other balance of system, and batteries (probably LFePho4)? Collectively we should have the ability to pressure them to use more sustainable packaging. I have seen some improvements and some half way implemented changes, but a lot more can be done to improve this aspect of our industry. All of us can help....Together we have a big voice.
Sunny Regards, Kirpal Khalsa Oregon LRT#25 NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional Oregon Solarworks LLC www.oregonsolarworks.com 541-299-0402 On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 7:34 AM Mark Frye <ma...@berkeleysolar.com> wrote: > Folks, > > Has anyone done a good review of the current state of affairs re: > recycling Li batteries? > > I am a bit in the past with a starry-eyed view of Pb with HUP, in > particular, believing that Pb batteries have almost a closed cycle > product life, ie, we already have infrastructure to recycle something > like 95% of the material in Pb batteries. > > Taking a step back, has our industry become just as jaded by our shiny > new technology as every other sector of our economy, focusing on > impressive new short term outcomes that are not really embedded within > the frame work of a sustainable future? > > This is why I ask about the recyclablility / sustainability of Li > batteries? Some what agnostic here but wondering what the thinking > around this is? > > Thanks, > > Mark Frye > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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