Annual end-of-life solar PV panel volume
RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XC4-2G6MK2ANJH-18YFCN
Global · 2050
IRENA projects annual end-of-life solar PV panel volume worldwide at more than 25 million tonnes in 2050.
Annual end-of-life solar PV panel volume: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- IRENA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Newsletter
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
The annual volume of end-of-life solar PV panels globally is projected to exceed 3 million tonnes by 2035, increasing to over 25 million tonnes by 2050.
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APA
IRENA. (2050). End-of-life management for a circular economy: Solar PV panels. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jul/End-of-life-management-for-a-circular-economy-Solar-PV-panels. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFCN
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- MLA
- IRENA. "End-of-life management for a circular economy: Solar PV panels." 2050, https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jul/End-of-life-management-for-a-circular-economy-Solar-PV-panels. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFCN.
- Chicago
- IRENA. "End-of-life management for a circular economy: Solar PV panels." 2050. https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jul/End-of-life-management-for-a-circular-economy-Solar-PV-panels. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFCN.
- BibTeX
- @misc{irena2050life18yfcn, author = {{IRENA}}, title = {End-of-life management for a circular economy: Solar PV panels}, year = {2050}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFCN}, note = {Original source: https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Jul/End-of-life-management-for-a-circular-economy-Solar-PV-panels. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- IRENA · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- End-of-life management for a circular economy: Solar PV panels
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Newsletter
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC42G6MK2ANJH18YFCN