Solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. But not to further harm the environment, we should be planning for what to do when all this equipment starts to reach the end of its useful life. Canary Media (click here or at the image below to source article) reports a number of innovative startups and incumbents are venturing into the field, experimenting with novel techniques that will help make recycling clean energy technologies profitable and scalable. Here are 15 companies of them:
Lithium-ion batteries: Umicore, Nth Cycle, Ecobat, Li-Cycle, Redwood Materials, Retriev Technologies, American Battery Technology Company, Ascend Elements, KULR Technology Group
Wind turbines: Enel Green Power, Veolia North America, Makeen Power, Siemens Gamesa
Solar panels: First Solar, Solarcycle
Click on each of the companies above to access their respective websites.
