The planned solar panel recycling facility of JEL will recycle up to 500,000 solar panels, or about 300 MW of modules, each year
It will be designed to process more than 13,500 tonnes of PV waste annually and recover materials such as glass, aluminum, silicon, copper, and silver
Italian PV equipment manufacturer Ecoprogetti is on board as the company’s technical partner for the recycling line
Jakson Engineers Limited (JEL), the solar manufacturing arm of India’s Jakson Group, has announced plans to establish what it says will be India’s 1st hi-tech solar module recycling facility. The factory will be established in collaboration with its technical partner, Italian solar PV equipment manufacturer Ecoprogetti.
With an installed recycling capacity of around 500,000 solar panels or 300 MW module capacity annually, the factory will have a processing speed of 60 panels an hour. It will be able to handle close to 1.62 tonnes of material/hour, and more than 13,500 tonnes of PV waste annually.
“This facility will divert thousands of tonnes of waste from landfills each year while returning critical materials back into the manufacturing ecosystem,” stated JEL’s Director, Bharat Gupta. “Through strategic investments like this, we are ensuring that solar energy remains clean, sustainable and future-ready throughout its lifecycle.”
Jakson claims it is the first Indian company to procure a hi-tech PV recycling facility that will contribute to the responsible handling of end-of-life solar panels, whose volumes are set to rise in the coming years.
“By recovering valuable materials such as aluminium, glass, silicon, copper and silver, we will be reducing the industry’s dependence on virgin raw materials and ensuring that solar power becomes truly circular and resource-efficient,” said JEL Joint MD & CEO Gagan Deep Chanana.
The company did not specify the location or commissioning timeline of the planned recycling factory in an official statement released.
JEL is building several GWs of solar PV manufacturing capacity, having recently laid the foundation stone for Phase I of its 6 GW integrated solar ingot, wafer, cell, and module manufacturing facility in Madhya Pradesh. Phase I will see the company bring 3 GW of module and 3 GW of cell capacity online, followed by a 6 GW solar wafer plant and an additional 3 GW capacity each for modules and cells under Phase II (see Jakson Engineers’ INR 80B Plan For 6 GW Solar PV Manufacturing).
Recently, Pune-based Malaviya Solar Energy Consultancy signed an exclusive licensing deal with Germany’s LuxChemtech for its patented, eco-friendly solar panel recycling technology (see India Solar PV News Snippets).