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Your Renewable Energy Technology is Growing Old – What’s Next?

The cutting-edge research at the U.S. DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will one day go to waste – but not into a landfill.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

Every technology eventually runs into the end of its life. Photovoltaic (PV) panels and lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries become less effective and need to be replaced. Researchers at NREL are making strides toward ensuring old technology can be more easily recycled.   “We’re thinking about this broadly across many technologies, but PV is the one we’ve been thinking about the longest at the lab,” said Garvin Heath, a senior scientist and member of the Resources and Susta...

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