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Module recycling and reuse

PV8 demonstration solar plant, HR · 4 MWp · synthetic inputs

ILLUSTRATIVE SCREENING

Separate physical material potential, market proceeds and the owner’s residual obligation.

16,000 modulesModules assessedFrozen screening calculation

320 tonnesModule massFrozen screening calculation

−€65,674Modelled end-of-life valueFrozen screening calculation

€0Confirmed scheme coverageFrozen screening calculation

What this scenario establishes

This example does not establish a complete annual investment model. Required inputs remain visible in your workspace.

Amounts are in EUR. Export capacity is not evidence of an import right. Other routes are alternatives, not additive revenue promises.

Illustrative inputs

Synthetic 4 MWp plant: 16,000 modules × 250 Wp.
4,400 MWh/year generation and 8 ha site area are illustrative inputs.
No grid import agreement, customer contract or surveyed layout is supplied.

Three next steps

Inspect module condition; age alone does not establish resale eligibility.
Confirm producer-responsibility coverage for these particular modules.
Obtain an acceptance and transport quote from a qualified recycler.

Use this example to see the decision process. Your own result depends on your plant, assumptions and evidence; it is not a financing approval.

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Disposition choices

Compare reuse, refurbishment, spares and recycling.

Materials

Distinguish theoretical content from recoverable sale proceeds.

Liability and proceeds

Review coverage, disposal costs and the repowering consequence.

Calculation basis and frozen source

Generated offline with PV8 engine code. No customer information or live provider response is included. Raw reference inputs retain their source currencies, such as USD mining assumptions; financial figures above use EUR. Rebuild recipe: scripts/build_public_sample_snapshots.py.

Snapshot SHA-256: 76ed42e952d785575ebcef0218f85e6f9513692e8448e36a04d2773dbccc521a

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    "annual_energy_mwh": 4400,
    "attributes": {
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    },
    "capture_price_eur_mwh": 80,
    "cod_year": 2010,
    "connection_point_id": null,
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    "contracted_price_eur_mwh": null,
    "country": "HR",
    "currency": "EUR",
    "dc_kwp": 4000,
    "dso": null,
    "free_area_ha": 1.5,
    "grid_export_kw": 3500,
    "grid_import_kw": null,
    "id": "sample-pv",
    "land_tenure": "unknown",
    "largest_free_polygon_ha": 1,
    "latitude": 45.3,
    "lease_end_year": null,
    "longitude": 17.8,
    "module_status": "legacy",
    "module_weight_kg": 20,
    "module_wp": 250,
    "modules_per_string": null,
    "modules_per_table": 32,
    "n_modules": 16000,
    "n_tables": 500,
    "name": "PV8 demonstration solar plant",
    "offtake_contracted_pct": null,
    "offtake_merchant_pct": null,
    "organisation_id": "public-synthetic-only",
    "site_area_ha": 8,
    "sources": [
      "Synthetic demonstration assumptions; no owner records"
    ],
    "strings": null,
    "tariff_end_date": null,
    "transformer_kva": null,
    "uploads": {}
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      "Disposition split inferred from age (age/degradation heuristic, editable in RATES) — EL/I-V grading upload replaces it (MVP-2).",
      "Second-life 0.045 €/Wp base (benchmark); realizable material value = spot × recovery yield × 0.6 realization.",
      "Transport 150 km @ 0.12 €/t·km; gate fee 150.0 €/t."
    ],
    "decision_stage": "SCREENING",
    "engineering": {
      "age_years": 16,
      "confidence": "MEDIUM — model/quantity known; condition inferred from age; recycler & second-life prices are benchmarks (get quotes)",
      "disposition_base": "35% reuse / 15% refurb / 5% spares / 45% recycle (inferred from age)",
      "module_technology": "crystalline silicon, glass/backsheet",
      "modules": 16000,
      "realizable_material_value_eur": 63310,
      "refurb_proceeds_eur": 17443,
      "remaining_power_%": 92.3,
      "resale_proceeds_eur": 58145,
      "spare_avoided_cost_eur": 15400,
      "special_handling": "screen for damaged laminates and fluorinated backsheets",
      "technology_source": "default assumption",
      "technology_specific_route": "automated frame/junction-box removal, glass and metals recovery",
      "theoretical_material_value_eur": 138960,
      "total_mass_t": 320.0
    },
    "finance": {
      "confirmed_coverage_eur": 0,
      "financial_model": {
        "currency": "EUR",
        "locale": "hr-HR",
        "missing": [
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          "capex_eur",
          "annual_revenue_eur",
          "authoritative_module_cashflow_or_lifecycle_series"
        ],
        "notice": null,
        "project_finance": {
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          "currency": null,
          "economics": null,
          "inputs": null,
          "sources_and_uses": null
        },
        "status": "HEADLINE_ONLY"
      },
      "net_eol_value_eur": -65674,
      "note": "positive = residual value; negative = decommissioning liability. Feeds Net Repowering CAPEX.",
      "recommended_provision_eur": 741053,
      "transaction_reserve_eur": 741053
    },
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  },
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