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Comstock Metals, a recycling solutions company, and its parent firm Comstock have begun operations at a solar panel recycling facility located in Silver Springs, Nevada, according to PV Tech.
The site is now running on a continuous basis, slightly more than a month after the company reported that its solar panel recycling system had been fully integrated and tested. At that time, Comstock indicated that every major processing stage had been connected and operated successfully, and that testing of the facility’s individual unit operations had been finished.
Comstock added that it will now increase output on its production platform to satisfy rising customer volume requirements. When the project obtained a lease for the Nevada site in 2024, it was announced that the facility would be capable of processing as much as 100,000 tonnes of decommissioned solar photovoltaic modules annually once fully ramped up.
According to the company, moving to non-stop production delivers an efficient, high-volume, zero-landfill solution that removes disposal-related environmental liabilities for its utility-scale solar customers, who would receive a certification confirming the end-of-life regulatory obligations of the recycled solar panels.
Fortunato Villamagna, President of Comstock Metals, commented that after focused preparation work with production supervisors and operating staff across four shift teams, the company has now successfully advanced to continuous operations.
The Nevada solar panel recycling facility will eventually be joined by another Comstock facility in Ohio. In June of this year, the company said it would set up a solar panel recycling plant, production facility and logistics hub in Cambridge, Ohio. The expansion is intended to scale up the company’s operations, lower logistics costs and enhance services for its expanding Midwest and Eastern customer base.
A third facility in Hanford, California is also in progress. In February of this year, Comstock received certification from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control to recycle universal waste and process photovoltaic modules at its California facility. That site is planned to serve as a collection and pre-processing hub before materials are sent to the Nevada facility for final recovery.
Corrado De Gasperis, CEO of Comstock, said that the company has methodically developed, deployed and tested its system and is now operating continuously. He expressed the view that the technical implementation hurdles and uncertainties tied to the first-time scaled deployment of its proprietary Solar Panel Recycling Production system have now been overcome, and that with demonstrable continuous production, the company’s focus has shifted to volume ramp.
The 45th edition of PV Tech Power examines in depth whether the photovoltaic industry is prepared for the approaching wave of decommissioning and recycling, looking at the development and prospects of solar photovoltaic recycling markets globally.
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