Australia's rooftop solar revolution has slashed power bills and emissions, but behind the good news story, is a growing waste problem in need of an urgent solution. The industry is sounding the alarm ...

Australia’s rooftop solar industry has renewed calls for a mandatory recycling scheme to deal with the growing problem of solar panel waste. Only about 10% of panels are currently recycled. The rest ...

In our collective enthusiasm for renewable energy, Australia now has installed millions of solar panels and inverters on ...

Australia faces a glut of old solar panels polluting the environment by leaching toxic chemicals into landfill with no viable reuse or ­recycling solutions available, the government’s own Department ...

University of South Australia (UniSA) researchers studied mitigation strategies to help keep solar panels out of landfill, and maximise their life span, by using techniques such as block chain-based ...

Dumping solar panels in landfill is an environmental disaster and a wasted opportunity. Now, a world-first research hub is ...

A national research hub will seek engineers, scientists and policymakers to tackle one of Australia’s biggest renewable energy challenges: what to do with solar panels at the end of their lives. UNSW ...

The growing importance of wind and solar energy to the U.S. power grid, and the rise of electric vehicles, are all key to the nation's growing need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, lower carbon ...