Circular clean energy regulation to solve the PV solar waste crisis

该项目旨在设计一个新的分析框架，即循环清洁能源监管，从根本上重新定位可再生能源法，从加速采用新技术转向采用生命周期方法。这种重新定位是迫切需要的，因为尽管澳大利亚在屋顶太阳能的吸收方面处于世界领先地位，但90%的废旧电池板作为危险废物被填埋。该项目将探索循环清洁能源监管如何改善太阳能废物管理，从而获得与太阳能回收和关键矿物回收相关的重大环境、安全和健康效益。预期的结果包括一个新的循环模式来管理可再生能源技术，以及更好地管理和回收太阳能废物。

This project aims to design a new analytical framework, circular clean energy regulation, to fundamentally re-orient renewable energy law from the accelerated uptake of new technologies to a lifecycle approach. This re-orientation is urgently needed because while Australia is world leading in its uptake of rooftop solar, 90% of used panels go to landfill as hazardous waste. This project will explore how circular clean energy regulation can improve the management of solar waste to reap the significant environmental, security and health benefits associated with solar recycling and critical mineral recovery. Expected outcomes include a new circular model of regulating renewable technologies, and better regulation and recovery of solar waste.