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Solarcycle Texas Recycle Plant

Solarcycle

Odessa, TX, USA

-102.4084434, 31.9216266

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 458

Additional Information:

Sector: Solar

Activity: Recycling

Product: Recycled Materials


Project Announcement Date: 1/1/2022

Target for Starting Production: 2022

Date Commercial Production Started: 2022

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No


Target Annual Production: 1000000 Panels (Recycling)

Current Annual Production: 500000 Panels (Recycling)

Operating Status: Operating


Congressional District: TX11

Government Subsidies:

We currently have no government subsidies tracked for this site.

Selected Sources:

“Solarcycle Plans To Recycle 1 Million Panels A Year With Help From $30 Million In Financing”, Jeff Kart, Forbes, 15 Mar 2023. 🔗


“Major U.S. solar developer announces recycling plans”, Anne Fischer, pv magazine USA, 06 Nov 2023. 🔗


“SOLARCYCLE® Awarded DOE Grant to Study Solar Panel Metal Refinement Process”, solarcycle.us, 19 Apr 2023. 🔗


“This Texas solar panel recycling plant is powered by secondhand panels”, Michelle Lewis, Electrek, 26 Jul 2024. 🔗


“Canadian Solar and SOLARCYCLE Ink Landmark Cradle-to-Cradle U.S. Recycling Partnership”, Canadian Solar Inc., PR Newswire, 03 Sep 2024. 🔗


Tracked Expansions, Acquisitions, or Related Sites:

We currently have no related projects tracked for this site.

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