Highly efficient delamination technologies to recover and reuse metals glass polymers from end-of-life photovoltaic panels

The COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES in Belgium from Europe region has released this tender for Highly efficient delamination technologies to recover and reuse metals glass polymers from end-of-life photovoltaic panels EVERPV s objective is to provide EU with efficient solutions for a sustainable treatment of end-of-life PV panels and recovery of high purity and high integrity materials Based on the grinding of PV panels waste from the backside and or the use of IR lamps heating EVERPV will demonstrate two innovative technologies to delaminate the different layers of the PV panel Combined with recycling processes it will enable to recover glass with less than 1 impurities encapsulant and backsheet polymers with a purity over 99 and silver with a purity of 99 Besides the project will cluster with other EU-funded consortia already addressing the recycling of silicon e g PHOTORAMA to provide with a global solution The new delamination technologies will be respectively demonstrated at ENVIE recycling plant and at 9TECH to reach TRL7 The technology demonstrated during EVERPV project targets to process more than 3000 tons of solar panels per year thus recovering enough raw materials recovered to produce more than 350 000 new panels per year by 2030 EVERPV will finally demonstrate the potential for reusability of recovered materials in several industrial value chains in particular in the PV industry The project will lead a strategic analysis on the potential of new EoL panels circular value chains based on estimated PV waste generation together with environmental and societal impact assessments EVERPV has gathered a consortium of 16 participants from 8 countries whose expertise ranges from solar PV materials and recycling processes CEA CSEM ENEA TEC recyclers ENVIE 9TECH process industries and materials suppliers SGB DTF DPL JBR PV modules manufacturing VAL collecting and waste treatment organizations SOREN ERION policy-making business and training facilitators SPE UNITAR BI with tender notice no. 101122208 published on 10 Sep 2026. The tender is due to expire on 30 Nov 2026. This tender is sourced from Cordis and is eligible for suppliers interested in Solar photovoltaic modules, Recovered secondary non-metal raw materials, Recycling equipment, Solar panels. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 14754461.