China issues guidelines to boost recycling, utilization of solar modules

中国发布指导意见促进太阳能组件回收利用

BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with five other government departments, on Tuesday released guidelines to promote comprehensive recycling and reuse of end-of-life photovoltaic (PV) modules, aiming to build system-level capacity to cope with an expected wave of large-scale retirements.

新华社北京3月3日电中国工业和信息化部与其他五个政府部门周二发布了促进报废光伏组件全面回收和再利用的指导方针，旨在建立系统级能力，以应对预期的大规模退役浪潮。

China will further raise the level of green manufacturing for PV modules, increase the use of recycled materials, and improve scrap assessment standards and testing and inspection methods, according to the guidelines, which set a target for the cumulative comprehensive utilization of retired PV modules to reach 250,000 tonnes by 2027.

根据《指导意见》，中国将进一步提高光伏组件绿色制造水平，增加再生材料的使用，完善报废评估标准和检测检验方法，设定了退役光伏组件累计综合利用目标到2027年达到25万吨。

The guidelines urge breakthroughs in key technologies such as surface-structure dismantling, high-efficiency separation of laminated parts, and component extraction, and call for broader application of recycled PV-derived products in sectors including metal smelting, equipment manufacturing and building materials.

该指南敦促突破表面结构拆除、叠层部件高效分离、组件提取等关键技术，并呼吁在金属冶炼、装备制造和建筑材料等领域更广泛地应用回收光伏衍生产品。

Efforts will be made to develop a set of technical standards for the green design and comprehensive utilization of PV modules, and foster a group of leading backbone enterprises engaged in the comprehensive utilization of end-of-life PV modules.

努力制定一套光伏组件绿色设计和综合利用技术标准，培育一批从事报废光伏组件综合利用的龙头骨干企业。

By 2030, the guidelines target further upgrades of recycling technology and equipment, stronger industrial innovation, and expanded application scenarios for recycled products, with a more tightly coordinated upstream-downstream supply chain and a rationally distributed capacity layout capable of meeting large-scale retirements.

到2030年，相关指导意见的目标是进一步提升回收利用技术和装备水平、增强产业创新能力、拓展再生产品应用场景，同时构建更加紧密协同的上下游供应链体系，并实现产能布局的合理优化，以满足大规模退役需求。