Renewable energy jumps to new high, powered by China solar boom

[Castanet News]

Installation of renewable energy worldwide hit a record high last year, with 92.5% of all new electricity brought online coming from the sun, wind or other...

[moeyou]

I wonder what hole in the ground( or ocean) they will bury the massive amount of waste once the panels start failing in the next 10 years.

[mikcole44]

I wonder what hole in the ground( or ocean) they will bury the massive amount of waste once the panels start failing in the next 10 years.

Solar panels have a 25 year+ lifespan and it's getting longer. Further, up to 95% of their components can be
currently recycled and that percentage will increase as we get better at recycling.

Can't say that about GASOLINE, right? How about all the crp that comes from burning FF (fossil fuels)? How many 100's of thousands (millions) of folks die prematurely every year because of all that crp in the air?

[moeyou]

I wonder what hole in the ground( or ocean) they will bury the massive amount of waste once the panels start failing in the next 10 years.

Solar panels have a 25 year+ lifespan and it's getting longer. Further, up to 95% of their components can be
currently recycled and that percentage will increase as we get better at recycling.

Can't say that about GASOLINE, right? How about all the crp that comes from burning FF (fossil fuels)? How many 100's of thousands (millions) of folks die prematurely every year because of all that crp in the air?

And there is nothing carcinogenic during the mining (hydrocarbon intense), manufacturing and recycling of the equipment used in a solar panel system?