Recycling renewables : a price too high?

Solar and Wind energy are growing at a truly astonishing pace on every continent. But in the race for global supremacy in the power generation sector have we neglected to consider how we will deal with millions of panels and turbines when they come to the end of their useful lives? Are we storing up yet another environmental problem?

Vietnamese translation provided by GIZ Energy Support Programme

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https://www.wri.org/blog/2018/03/supercharge-chinese-renewables-fix-their-financing






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