Table 3.
Estimation of potential recovered material from PV panel in Bangladesh.
| Project name | Capacity (MW) | Estimated Weight of panel (tonne) | Recovered material (tonne) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glass | Aluminum | Silicon | Copper | |||
| Solar parks | 38.4 | 3072 | 2263.744 | 245.760 | 129.976 | 23.894 |
| Rooftop solar except NEM | 41.766 | 3341.28 | 2462.175 | 267.302 | 141.369 | 25.988 |
| Net metering rooftop solar | 16.207 | 1296.56 | 955.429 | 103.724 | 54.857 | 10.084 |
| Solar irrigation | 42.408 | 3392.64 | 2500.022 | 271.411 | 143.542 | 26.387 |
| Solar mini-grid | 5.656 | 452.48 | 333.430 | 36.198 | 19.144 | 3.519 |
| Solar charging stations | 0.278 | 22.24 | 16.388 | 1.779 | 0.940 | 0.172 |
| Solar drinking water system | 0.062 | 4.96 | 3.655 | 0.396 | 0.209 | 0.038 |
| Solar powered telecom BTS | 8.06 | 644.8 | 475.150 | 0.051 | 27.281 | 5.015 |
| Solar home system | 251.64 | 20131.2 | 14834.600 | 1610.496 | 851.751 | 156.580 |
| Solar street light | 10.59 | 847.2 | 624.298 | 67.776 | 35.845 | 6.589 |
| Total | 33205.36 | 24468.896 | 2656.428 | 1404.918 | 49.882 | |