China-headquartered solar inverter and energy storage system provider Sungrow has partnered with new Northern Rivers region, New South Wales (NSW) solar panel recycling business ReSolve Global to sponsor a 20 kWh SBH battery and 10 kW SH10RS inverter at the facility.
The SBH system pairs a hybrid energy storage solution with intelligent energy management, allowing ReSolve Global to store surplus solar generation and use it as needed for its operations while lowering costs and emissions.
Sungrow C&I Business Development Manager Richard Chen said solar has transformed how Australian homes and businesses generate power, and it’s the industry’s responsibility to make sure that equipment is managed well at the end of its life.
“ReSolve is doing exactly that, and we’re proud to support them. By powering their Tyagarah facility with a Sungrow SBH system and inverter, we’re helping ReSolve practise what it preaches: a recycling operation running on clean energy. It’s a meaningful step towards a truly circular solar industry, and we hope it inspires other businesses to follow,” Chen said.
Located 13 kilometres north of Byron Bay, and approximately 155 kilometres south of Brisbane, Queensland, ReSolve Global is housed in a 2,000-square-metre holding and sorting facility where used solar panels are collected, recorded, assessed and sorted, keeping used solar panels and other renewable-energy equipment out of landfill while recovering valuable materials for reuse and recycling.
ReSolve Global Director Ben Pietzch said it is the company’s goal to build a transparent and practical system that prioritises reuse wherever appropriate and ensures the remaining materials are responsibly recovered.
“Solar has delivered enormous benefits for Australian homes and businesses, but we also need to take responsibility for the equipment coming off rooftops,” Pietzsch said.
By the start of October 2026 when ReSolve Global began operations, it had already collected more than 1,000 solar panels and is working with local industry to develop pathways for panels to be reused where appropriate or responsibly recycled and their materials recovered.
It’s longer-term vision is to expand its resource-recovery model beyond solar panels to other renewable-energy infrastructure, including batteries, inverters and wind turbine components.
It seeks partnerships with solar installers, councils, waste facilities, government agencies and recycling organisations.
Sungrow said it will continue to support ReSolve as it grows and to work with the wider industry to advance sustainable end-of-life solutions.
The NSW government has launched consultation on a proposal to introduce Australia’s first mandatory solar panel recycling scheme, aiming to ensure solar panel materials are recovered, reused and recycled rather than being dumped. Submissions close 16 November 2026.
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